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Ruchira Thanks Jim. See my comment below.
Framing Critical Race Theory: Ideology, Schooling And The Production Of Ignorance · Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Ruchira Thank you very much for this. The lies and obfuscation surrounding the matter of America's history of racism in all spheres of life - education,...
Framing Critical Race Theory: Ideology, Schooling And The Production Of Ignorance · Wednesday, June 23, 2021
jim birch Glance communication also requires a theory of mind, doesn't it? My cats don't do glance communication or theory of mind. I'd also want to know...
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Usha Alexander Thanks so much, Michael! Your kind words are sincerely appreciated.
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Usha Alexander Thank you so much, Mike! That's very gratifying to know.
On Progress As Human Destiny · Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Usha Alexander May it be so, Brandino.
On Progress As Human Destiny · Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Usha Alexander Thank you, Ruchira. Yes, I too have slim hope that an intentionally managed program of degrowth will be undertaken at anywhere near the scale...
On Progress As Human Destiny · Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Sally Benzon Skoal!
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Michael Liss Bernie, thanks for reading, and you make good points. This article is the third in a series, and I'm planning two more that will talk more about 1 and...
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Bernie Brightman Very nice article, but a couple nits to pick. 1. Should have stated why France was being bellicose to the young United States. Reading this it sounds...
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Michael Liss Bill, in all your travels, how much of a difference in experience is it for you in a country with authoritarian government as opposed to a more...
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Michael Liss Terrific series, Usha. Always plenty to learn from each one of them.
On Progress As Human Destiny · Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Bill Benzon Up there when I was talking about my community work I should have linked to two articles at 3QD where I discuss it. This
A perverse sense of intellectual honor is driving humanities scholars to disciplinary seppuku: Some personal reflections on the book, Permanent Crisis: The Humanities in a Disenchanted Age · Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Mike Another brilliant and frightening essay in a series that speaks to the truth of the continuing and accelerating human dilemma. Thank you Usha, I have...
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Nikola Tamindzic Denis Johnson: an absolute must, and his collection of (interlinked) short stories, Jesus' Son, is a great entry point. Tons of darkness, but also...
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Brandino Please, let like-minded people be allowed to contribute to the fight for staying human by getting together through some form of association which can...
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jimculleny The first assumption: Critical Race Theory, is "identity politics". It's not, it's a look into US history that's unsettling to white Americans because...
Framing Critical Race Theory: Ideology, Schooling And The Production Of Ignorance · Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Brooks Riley Only if they'd read the cat-echism.
Catspeak · Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Jochen Szangolies
But does that imply that handing you a English dictionary extends your cognition to cover all the words in the English language? I don't...
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Michael Liss Definitely not 1981 with those graphics or content. Thanks for reading and noticing.
The Founders Fight: Adams Goes Home · Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Michael Liss Many thanks, Charlie. It's a really interesting period, but the one thing I didn't expect was how much I grew to like Adams.
The Founders Fight: Adams Goes Home · Tuesday, June 22, 2021
The Public Professor That would be "a bowl of wine. In this I bury all unkindness."
Is this a Dagger and Fork I See Before Me: Menu Items from Shakespeare’s Diner · Tuesday, June 22, 2021
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Luke Lea Enough already. Identity politics is a losing hand for the Democratic Party. The sooner they realize this the better for us all.
Framing Critical Race Theory: Ideology, Schooling And The Production Of Ignorance · Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Jim Harrison Simple explanation of the Critical Race Theory controversy: Black people have been so badly treated in the United States that they can never be...
Framing Critical Race Theory: Ideology, Schooling And The Production Of Ignorance · Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Bill Benzon Never saw it. Heard about it though.
A perverse sense of intellectual honor is driving humanities scholars to disciplinary seppuku: Some personal reflections on the book, Permanent Crisis: The Humanities in a Disenchanted Age · Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Michael Liss Bill, this is great. Love the lateral thinking. In an odd way it also reminded me of the Andre Gregory-Wallace Shawn film, My Dinner With Andre.
A perverse sense of intellectual honor is driving humanities scholars to disciplinary seppuku: Some personal reflections on the book, Permanent Crisis: The Humanities in a Disenchanted Age · Monday, June 21, 2021
Sally Benzon My favorite job classified ad in Boston in the 1970's: "Sooner or later you too will be a taxi driver".
A perverse sense of intellectual honor is driving humanities scholars to disciplinary seppuku: Some personal reflections on the book, Permanent Crisis: The Humanities in a Disenchanted Age · Monday, June 21, 2021
Bill Benzon The funny thing, Brooks, is that it wasn’t until I was well out of school that I learned that undergraduate literature courses were as circumscribed...
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