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Archive for March, 2021
“Written in hell by the devil”
That’s how Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT, photo) describes the Democrats’ voting rights bill. “Written in hell.” That’s how Sen. Lee, one of the most strident members of Congress, and other GOP senators, feel about American citizens exercising their right to vote. He added, ̶[...]
GOP senators are systematically opposing Biden’s minority nominees
Who happens to be African-American. Rep. Marcia Fudge (R-OH) was confirmed to the cabinet position by a 66-34 favorable vote. (Read story here.) The 34 GOP senators who voted against her nomination are more than two-thirds of the GOP’s 50 senators. The vote is part of an emerging pattern of Re[...]
How America’s civil society corroded, and how to repair it
This essay is based on an article in The Atlantic published on March 8, 2021. Read it here. Alexis de Tocqueville, the great French chronicler of American democracy as it existed in the early 19th century, shortly after the French Revolution that went off the rails, concluded that America’s su[...]
Kenya’s energy bonanza
Tectonic movement is tearing Africa apart, and along the fracture line (photo below), the earth’s molten rock comes close enough to the surface to create steam that can be captured by economically feasible wells. The steam can then be used to drive turbines that generate electricity. On the h[...]
March 9th, 2021 - 9:22 pm § in Law and Courts
What they’re asking potential jurors in the George Floyd murder trial
Ex-cop Derek Chauvin (photo, right), charged by prosecutors with murdering George Floyd, will soon go on trial. Selecting an impartial jury will be challenging, not only because of the enormous publicity the case has received, but also because many people have strong feelings about it. The jury ques[...]
Covid-19: Old people’s disease?
“Based on analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), risks of hospitalizations and deaths [from Covid-19] increase with age. Adults ages 75 or older have 8-13 times higher risk of hospitalizations and 220-630 times higher risk of death compared to adults 18-29 years ol[...]
GOP now targeting trans kids
Now the election is over, and insulting black voters by labeling their votes “fraudulent” (see previous post here) is passe for now, some Republicans casting about for a new hate object are fixing their sights on transgender athletes. Newly elected reactionary Senator Tommy Tuberville (R[...]
Bezos’ ex marries her kids’ teacher
Doug Jewett, 50, who teaches at Seattle’s private Lakeside School, which Bill Gates and Paul Allen attended back in the day, has married one of the parents (photo, left). I suppose that happens more often than we hear about. This one made news because the parent in question is Jeff Bezos’[...]
March 7th, 2021 - 2:51 pm § in Racism, Schools & Colleges
How to get sacked from a tenured faculty position in one easy step
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