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You only got it ’cause you’re a girl
This week there was a fabulous article, by Alison Coil, on the bias against women in the sciences and why men don’t believe it exists. For ‘men’ you could just as well read ‘the establishment’ because we know not all … Continue reading
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Stop re-writing Confederate History : this includes you Simon Jenkins
Simon Jenkins published an opinion piece yesterday in The Guardian entitled With every sneer, liberals just make Trump stronger. Jenkins derides those who deride Trump and his supporters and he thinks that Trump missed a trick in criticising the left: … Continue reading
Posted in Charlottesville, Confederacy, Simon Jenkins
Tagged Charlottesville, Confederacy, Racism, Simon Jenkins
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We the people have to keep striving for equality and justice for all
We the people of America, we have a problem with racism. Like many of you, I watched the events in Charlottesville, from the safety of my home, in horror, tears and blinding anger. Ostensibly, these folks are angry that a … Continue reading
Beware of the monoculture (why diversity is good for crops and tech companies)
In the 1930’s, the USA along with a number of other countries, went through a massive economic depression. This was in no small part due to a lack of diversity. Those amber waves of grain, which had only been recently … Continue reading
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On ending the myth of the Lost Cause
During Reconstruction, that horrific impoverished period in the US South after the Civil War, the Cult of the Lost Cause (of the Confederacy) took its roots in the minds and attitudes of Southerners and indeed of the nation as a … Continue reading
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On the removal of our Southern ‘heritage’
In the US South, in various places, confederate statues are being removed. In New Orleans Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, General Beauregard – all these relics of the Confederate past are being transported to a legacy of cobwebs, pigeon-shit and … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil War Statues, Confederacy, New Orleans, Racism
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The president needs a civics lesson
President Trump needs a civics lesson. First I would suggest that he reads the 1st Amendment of the US Constitution. I know this might be hard for a president who doesn’t read, but it’s a short read. Alternately, he could … Continue reading
Goodbye David – my brother and childhood hero
My older brother, David McLain, died suddenly of a heart attack on August 18, 2016. He was only 51 years old and none of us saw this coming. He was a force of nature, my big brother, I already miss … Continue reading
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Would you like fries with that ? (my time at the wonderful world of Wendy’s
I graduated from high school in 1986. I was 18, I had a job and a $600 Chevy Chevette and was living in an apartment with (too many) other folks and wasn’t going to University. I was gainfully employed at … Continue reading
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Cervical cancer is not porn – Knox County schools shouldn’t cave to ignorance
“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” ― Joseph Brodsky tags: books, censorship, illiteracy, reading 5672 likes My hometown has made the international news. Is this for the fact that Knoxville Mayor Madeline … Continue reading
