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2 days ago

The Real Reason For Teacher Shortage.

There are many articles written these days about the teacher shortage. They raise the issue but most of them don’t seem to ask or dig into the reason why. If they do, they claim without evidence that it is low pay. I think this is a lazy explanation considering how…

Teachers

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3 days ago

The Anatomy of Obsession.

Every year I try to read 24 books. Two books a month. The books include fiction and non-fiction. I try to read at least a few autobiographies. An autobiography is like sitting with a famous person for 10–15 hours and having them tell me their story. Except I can stop…

Dan Gable

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4 days ago

What American Environmentalists Can Learn From Israel

Southern California imports a lot of water. Water doesn’t magically arrive, it is pumped. Millions of gallons are pumped across thousands of miles, often over mountains and through deserts. Pumping requires energy and that energy accounts for 20% of the energy usage of the state of California. Israel is on…

Israel

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Aug 6

Why Go To a High School Reunion

This weekend is my 22nd-year High School Reunion. The 20-year had to be pushed back due to COVID and so in a way, the excitement and nostalgia and anticipation have been building for this weekend. The difference for me between my 20th and 10th is that I remember my 10-year…

High School Reunion

5 min read

Aug 2

Ups and Down of Uniting for Ukraine

It was April and we were in a Tijuana hotel conference room. In the room were the various leaders of the effort to help Ukrainians who were stuck in Tijuana, online were the various government officials from US and Mexico. Our ask was open other ports of entry. Our fear…

Ukraine

3 min read

Jul 27

… what happens after that. They don’t really care if Biden ever makes good on his campaign promises. They don’t care if we lose the right to abortion, or if we ever finally get to own a home without the constant fear of losing it. For them, there’s always a very good reason why he or any other politician can’t deliver.

A Lifetime of War Has Destroyed Us

Jessica Wildfire

Short sighted inability to see cause and effect.

Short sighted inability to see cause and effect. The loss of abortion rights was Trump, during Biden. It was Trump appointees. So ok, blame it on Biden, let's see what Trump 2 does to your rights. Will you blame that on Dems again? Not defending them but making them equal…

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Jul 27

That sounds like finger pointing…

A Lifetime of War Has Destroyed Us

Jessica Wildfire

America helped Ukraine just enough for Ukraine to lose slowly and painfully.

America helped Ukraine just enough for Ukraine to lose slowly and painfully. Only 10% of the weapons Zelensky asked for, weapons that it would take to win the war Biden gave. He wants to give just enough to look good but not enough to piss off Biden. That's the reality…

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Jul 27

Difference between non-Ukrainian and Ukrainian refugees is not skin but community.

The Haitian diaspora of the United States is 2 million strong. The Central American diaspora numbers 7 million. Ukrainian diaspora is a paltry 1 million, and yet, if you went to the refugee camps in Mexico or Europe, you would not find Syrians tending to Syrians or Haitians helping Haitians…

Refugees

2 min read

Jul 24

How Evil Triumphs (It is Winning)

There’s a big difference between good and evil. Good is working on building, and evil on breaking. To stop evil, one must actively stop building and focus on stop the destruction. This means to do good requires a choice: stop doing good or fight while all evil has to focus…

War

2 min read

Jul 24

Companies like Novartis Are the New Meatpackers of America.

Let’s say you’re an executive at a health care company like Novartis Genomics and I came up to you and ask you “how much can I pay you to kill one of your employees?” You’d probably think I was crazy. But I don’t stop and I ask “Ok, how about…

Novartis

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