When I wrote the book “Africa’s Diabolical Entrapment”, in which I examined Black Africa’s plight in its self-imposed religious trap, I stopped short of crossing several thresholds. Contrary to speculations advanced by people who read articles, reviews and intros about this work, the content[...]
Archive for June, 2019
June 8th, 2019 - 2:45 pm § in Misc.
TRUMP’S HATE SPEECH
Back in the nineties, the Donald ran full-page ads in New York City newspapers: “BRING BACK THE DEATH PENALTY. BRING BACK OUR POLICE!” Trump told Larry King. “Of course I hate these people and let’s all hate these people because maybe hate is what we need if we’re gonna[...]
June 8th, 2019 - 9:10 am § in Racism
Dead and Black
Veteran’s body came back from prison missing throat, heart, brain “This entire case smacks of a cover-up,” civil rights attorney Lee Merritt told CNN by phone. (6/8/19 CNN) Two days before he died, Everett Palmer Jr. called his brother, Dwayne, to tell him he was on his way from De[...]
June 7th, 2019 - 12:10 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
A Charter Lesson for The Seattle Schools: Huge Success by Lebron James?
The Promise School (IPS), a public elementary school aimed at at-risk children.in Akron, Ohio, opened in 2018. Funds from the Akron Public Schools are augmented by a contribution from Lebron James. Both Lebron and other programs in Akron collaborate to guarantee IPS student tuition to att[...]
Trump’s fetal tissue ban
“Promoting the dignity of human life from conception to natural death is one of the very top priorities of President Trump’s administration,” HHS (Axios, 6/6/2019, excerpted )The Trump administration announced yesterday that it will no longer fund medical research that uses fetal tissu[...]
June 5th, 2019 - 4:05 pm § in Donald Trump
TRUMPERY: Fake News
During Trump’s state visit to the UK ithe Donald and his supporters claimed that cheering throngs were large in size and groups of protesters were tiny. To prove there point, the redhats offered a photograph documenting “what English Trump supporters look like.” The problem was seemingly[...]
June 5th, 2019 - 10:25 am § in Misc.
Big Brother Comes Home!
Amazon’s helping police build a surveillance network with Ring doorbells[...]
June 5th, 2019 - 12:53 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
ARE TEACHERS BADLY PAID? Is a starting salary of $80,000 too low?
A recent report by the NEA notes that only 5 percent of the students in a recent survey of college-bound students were interested in pursuing a career in education, a decrease of 16 percent between 2010 and 2014. The NEA blames this, and the high rate of turnover in starting teachers, on what they[...]
June 4th, 2019 - 8:43 am § in Schools & Colleges
A Better Way to Hire Teachers.
I am very suspicious of “certification.” I have had great teachers .. first in the post-depression K-12 schools in Boston, then in college and grad school, and then in the Navy. None of these folks had teaching certificates. Why then do the public schools insist on teaching certificat[...]
As Biden and Bernie flame out, the race is between Warren and Harris