Education
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BOOKS: The End of Patriarchy: Radical Feminism for Men | Mickey Z. interviews Robert Jensen
By Ryan McGuire. gratisography.com Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 10, 2017 “It seemed that there was a need for a book that laid out the problem of patriarchy in plain language.” (Robert Jensen) ...
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How Not To Write Like An Archdruid | John Michael Greer
From apastyle.org Jan. 4, 2017 (Archdruid Report) -- Among the occasional amusements I get from writing these weekly essays are earnest comments from people who want to correct my writing style. I fi ...
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New Study 'Sounds Alarm' on Another Climate Feedback Loop | Andrea Germanos
Arctic Tundra. (Photo: USFWS) "What we know from this study is that warming will result in the loss of stored carbon in a wide variety of ecosystems -- and that has potentially harmful effects in ter ...
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The Case Against Reality | Amanda Gefter
Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman explains why human perceptions of an independent reality are all illusions. A professor of cognitive science argues that the world is nothing like the one we experi ...
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Fraction Magic -- Part 1: Votes Are Being Counted As Fractions Instead Of Whole Numbers | Bev Harris
Bev Harris -- BlackBoxVoting.org May 12, 2016 SUMMARY This report summarizes the results of our review of the GEMS election management system, which counts approximately 25 percent of all votes in th ...
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Education’s Challenge: Don’t Play It Again Sam! | Emanuele Corso
Heron. Nimbus Park, Oregon. By Keith Todd. Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)Emanuele Corso -- World News Trust Nov. 4, 2016 First a bit of history. I wrote this essay in 1971 when I was at the time finishing ...
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The Beginning And The End | Emanuele Corso
Emanuele Corso -- World News Trust Oct. 27, 2016 My first day teaching at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was an eye-opener. Following my PhD, I was asked to stay and teach in the Department of E ...
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Being the smartest kid in your class can be a problem | Mickey Z.
Louis Sergent, 16, Lejunior, Kentucky. Sept. 13, 1946. Russell Lee (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Oct. 26, 2016 In the third grade, our teacher asked us what we ...
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The Importance of Public Education | Emanuele Corso
Photo by Michael Kordahi. Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)Emanuele Corso -- World News Trust Sept. 28, 2016 "Give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man.” So said Aristotle and likewise a number o ...
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It’s About Groceries | Emanuele Corso
Groceries. Credit: meaduva. Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0) Emanuele Corso -- World News Trust Sept. 21, 2016 It seems at times that the world is what it must be like for a fly climbing a window pane. You can ...
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BOOKS: It Can’t Happen Here | Emanuele Corso
Book Review -- “It Can’t Happen Here” -- Sinclair Lewis Emanuele Corso -- World News Trust Aug. 17, 2016 Yes it can happen here, and some would say it’s already happening. Written in 1935, Sinclair L ...
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