In many parts of the world, May 1 is Labor Day, a holiday, and observances typically have a noticeably leftwing or socialist character. But the U. S. Doesn’t recognize such subversive notions, preferring its very tame beer-hotdogs-and-baseball version in September. (That’s Labor — excuse me, Labour Day — in Canada also; I mistakenly thought that … Continue reading In The Yard: Our Flowery May Day Demonstration
New York Times Exorcising the Ghost of Robert E. Lee [Excerpts] April 27, 2023 Credit…Mark Harris By Brent Staples Mr. Staples is a member of the editorial board. It stands to reason that Woodrow Wilson would be the president to bring us Army bases named for traitors who waged war on this country with … Continue reading Confederate Bogus “Saint” Begone! Welcome to Fort Gregg-Adams
[NOTE: Nick Kristof was one of the New York Times’s most intrepid foreign correspondents, reporting from one far distant, demanding locale after another for 37 years, as often writing from obscure, out-of-the-spotlight places as from front-page hotspots. He was also notoriously upbeat and public-spirited, always digging for signs of hope and even tiny green shoots of … Continue reading Nicholas Kristof: how a “Barefoot College” is Empowering Some of the Least Powerful in India
This past week, this blog held two conversations with a ChatBot, the vanguard of supposedly all-knowing software which some believe is destined to soon take over our world and make many crucial functions (including blogging) unnecessary antiques.
Brief: More AFSC Fallout from Philly: USAToday & the New York Post have stories & videos up about the AFSC Fake DEI [Diversity, Equity & Invlusion] kerfuffle. They may only be online, but The NYPost has run 2 or 3 stories, and both “papers” have broad social media readership. There’s no news in these reports, … Continue reading AFSC Impostor Scandal Going National & Viral