Education
“Letter to My Students”
Many have said that in the latter half of the twentieth century, if you wanted to see how the United States will be in a few years hence, all you had to do was to look at California. Well, I am looking and not liking what I see. I see a state where the leaders [...]
Rick Santorum, a man of the 1850s
Last Sunday, I read an interesting article by Katharine Seelye of the New York Times. Basically she discussed the show on ABC’s “This Week” with George Stephanopolous. George interviewed Rich Santorum. Santorum is sounding more and more like a person from the 19th century, or before. He doesn’t feel, for example, that everyone needs to [...]
The Right Wing and the demise of American Factories
When you are dealing with your fellow human being, it is sometimes difficult but very necessary to be careful of stereotypes, eg. Jews are ……, African Americans are……, Catholics are ….., and, yes, we minorities have some special stereotypes reserved for you white, Anglo Saxon Protestants. In general, I would say that it is best [...]
American Hero
Jessica Alquist is very courageous young lady attending a high school in Rhode Island — and a true American Hero for defending our constitution. She was raised as a Catholic but at the age of 10 or 11 chose to become an Atheist. Cranston High, a public school had a religious banner hanging in the [...]
We’re disturbing and smug!
A friend sent me an interesting article from the Opinion page of “The Independent”, a British newspaper. It was written by Mark Steel. If you want to see the complete article, go to: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/mark-steel/ You’ll find it. Mark states that the only thing as disturbing as the religious is the modern atheist. He goes [...]
