From Ailes to Trump
The problem with anger-mongering is that it doesn’t stop without catastrophe. Roger Ailes got the boilers going, but Donald Trump hijacked the train.
Tolerance
War on Women, War on Children
The hard right has been waging a War on Women, and their freedoms. It appears they are also waging a War on Children, and their intellectual freedoms.
The Majority Illusion
The concept of majority rule is essential for democracy. The problem is, what we think is a majority is really a majority illusion.
Zero Tolerance for Education
When it comes to education, is there a difference between zero tolerance, and intellectual intolerance?
Mental Dictators
Hitler wanted a master race, of ideal men and women, all of them strong, handsome, virtuous. He also wanted them to have ideal intellects, which is a problem. He wanted them to think, and to think his way. But if everyone thinks the same way…
…who’s thinking?