Filibuster: What’s the Point?
It wasn’t until the mid 1850s that the term “filibuster” started being used, derived from the Dutch word for freebooter and the Spanish word “filibusteros”—to …
Perspective: Think
History, civics, social justice, economics, and philosophy. Comments and an ongoing dialogue with readers are welcome.
Reprise of Silent Spring and Voter Suppression
Among the multiple issues of our times, there were two items that rose to the top for me. You’ll definitely think that only my trying …
Considerations on How We Think About Racism
No ecosystem can exist without diversity; human society is no exception. Racism denies diversity. The, in my layperson’s opinion, well-deserved guilty verdict for Derek Chauvin, …
Voter Supression by Any Other Name
is still Voter Suppression, Governors Hutchinson (Arkansas), Kemp (Georgia), Reynolds (Iowa), and Cox (Utah) and all the other governors’ pens at the ready! On February …
Congressional Bills to Watch
There are so many issues now that I want to write about. I started one, then something else happened, and I started again in another …
Race: Is It Real?
NO! In the scientific and taxonomic sense, there is no such category as race. In spite of this, RACISM IS REAL! The concept of race …
The Burden of Student Debt: Can They Outlive It?
Eliminating current student debt will NOT solve the problem! What’s needed is a complex examination of all the factors that created the issue, and correcting …
Voting Rights
Here we go again…another same-same battle! [Same-same is an expression I learned in Thailand. Same there means maybe, sort of the same. Same-same means closer …
Black History: Will We Ever Learn From the Past?
If you’re pressed for time, jump to the last paragraph and visit that link to listen to a moving “lesson from the not-so-distant past.” A …