Okay, here’s a taste. Maybe the worst part of US society and politics in the 50s and 60s was racism. I grew up in the segregated South, so I could see it at its worst. But the activism of the Civil Rights movement promise better things, and I would argue that there has been substantial improvement. Another change for the better has been women’s rights. Nixon, of course, was a disaster, but Trump is worse and doing what could be long-term damage to the political fabric of the country. He has pretty much destroyed the Republican Party. And the general state of the world now is very bad. That deserves a long post all on its own, but I have to get my day going and try to get some work done, so I will leave it there for now.
I’m edging close to 80 years old and I have never seen the US in worse condition. Back in the late 1950s and the 1960s things were pretty bad, but there was a feeling that there was progress, that things were improving. I don’t have that feeling now.
A good education should help students gain an understanding of where they fit into the scheme of things; it should help them appreciate the achievements of the generations that came before; it should prepare them to add to those achievements. Among other things.
As a life-long left activist, I condemn antisemitism. I condemn all forms of racism and bigotry. I support the right of Israel to exist, and I also condemn the slaughter that’s occurring in Gaza.
“South Pacific Women’s Studies”? Two stereotypes for the price of one. Our resident philosopher seems to think that non-Western cultures and women are not worthy of study.
Third and fourth parties run candidates regularly, they just don’t get many votes. If you want a socialist (for example) to win, then you have to work hard in between elections to convince people to vote that way.
Okay, here’s a taste. Maybe the worst part of US society and politics in the 50s and 60s was racism. I grew up in the segregated South, so I could see it at its worst. But the activism of the Civil Rights movement promise better things, and I would argue that there has been substantial improvement. Another change for the better has been women’s rights. Nixon, of course, was a disaster, but Trump is worse and doing what could be long-term damage to the political fabric of the country. He has pretty much destroyed the Republican Party. And the general state of the world now is very bad. That deserves a long post all on its own, but I have to get my day going and try to get some work done, so I will leave it there for now.