Daily Bread, liberty, and the orphans of Ukraine “Putin’s brutal campaign is inflicting trauma upon Ukraine's residents on a scale unprecedented since World War II.”
Looking up: Good at heart “So many people are self-centered and not looking out for their fellow human beings.”
Washington senators introduce bill to legalize adult psilocybin use “Psychedelics are having quite the renaissance these days!”
How testing can one year be? “I’m going to paint you a picture of helplessness in teaching right now.”
The one true philosophical problem “We are all in this together, whether we understand the reasoning or not.”
Ministry for the Future “Kim Stanley Robinson’s Ministry for the Future is one of the better CliFi books.”
Response to Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things “I was overwhelmed with concerns about equity, privilege, race, and class.“
My 5 favorite books (that I haven't previously reviewed) of 2021 “These are some really solid choices that would be hard to bump off my favorites of 2021 list.”
Ideology as story part 2: Ego and faith “We all create stories to protect ourselves." —Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves
Playing academic catch-up “If the student has the correct support structure in place... they have a great opportunity to grow and catch up.”
Creating healthy boundaries for making realistic changes “An often forgotten part of self-care is evaluating and setting healthy boundaries.”
Ideology as Story part 1 “Ideology and belief, no matter how ardently held, are reducible to simple stories.”
Five Richland councilmembers ignored hundreds of signatures in 2018, refusing to allow a public vote on marijuana sales. Two of them are up for re-election in November “Do you want change in the Tri-Cities? Voter turnout can make a huge difference.”
It’s all about love “In the 51 essays I have written for Tumbleweird, one common philosophy comes through: LOVE.”
Fundamentalist anti-democracy “The real issues are money, power, racism, patriarchy, tribal domination, and a desire to impose Christian fundamentalism.”
