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A Brave New Dystopian World

March 03, 2022
by Caroline Miller
autonomous weapons, Build Back Better, chemical weapons, China, Conti, Doomsday Clock, Flynn effect, Joe Biden, Joe Manchin, NATO's Article 5, quantum computing, QUEST, Raidforums, Russia, Russian invasion of Ukraine, slaughterbots, Turkey, Ukraine
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The Flynn effect is over. That’s the trend whereby human intelligence increases by about 3 points a decade. Recent research reveals the trend is in reverse. Humans are getting dumber.  Scientists speculate the reasons are varied:  changes in our education systems, nutrition, the c
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Fables That Shape Our Democracy

February 08, 2022
by Caroline Miller
Adam Kinzinger, Aesop's fables, Donald Trump, Dr. Anthony Fauci, J. F. Kennedy, Joe Manchin, Judge Stephan Bryer, Krysten Sinema, learning to accept truth rather than fables, Liz Cheney, manipulative language, the citizen's duty to democracy, The Four Oxen
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A columnist wrote recently that anti-vaxxers who fall victim to the Covid virus shouldn’t be admitted to hospitals. Facing death, he said, was too late to embrace medical science.  His statement contains an “either/or” proposition. Either a person takes the vaccine or forgoes t
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The Fig Leaf Of Civility

February 01, 2022
by Caroline Miller
anti maskers, Joe Manchin, Justice Neil Gorsuch, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Krysten Sinema, quest fairytales, Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Chuick Schumer, Sherlock Holmes, the filibuster, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, voting rights legislation
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Many fairytales are quest stories in which the hero must accomplish a task before he wins the princess’s hand. The Twelve Dancing Princesses is my favorite.  Joe Manchin sent his Democratic colleagues on a quest to gain bi-partisan support for two voting rights bills he support
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Cancer in Higher Education

January 04, 2022
by Caroline Miller
Adjunct Cookbook, adjunct teaching, Bernie Sanders, College For All Act 2021, Joe Manchin, Pramilla Jayapal, STEM, teaching crisis, teaching humanities
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When my mother moved into assisted living, I became the landlord for her half of the duplex.  My first tenant was an art historian with a Ph.D. He’d moved to Oregon after working several years as an adjunct instructor at a midwestern university. Perhaps he hoped to find tenured wor
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Joe Manchin’s Muddle

December 14, 2021
by Caroline Miller
demogogues, For the People Act, fractured Republican party, Joe Manchin, majority rules, partisan divisions, Texas anti-abortion law, the filabuster, Timothy McVeigh
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Democratic U. S. Senator Joe Manchin prides himself on being a consistent man, one who cherishes traditions like filibustering. The filibuster is a tactic a Senate member uses to delay or halt measures when the legislator is in the minority. A case in point is the For the People Act.
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Laugh Clown, Laugh

November 04, 2021
by Caroline Miller
Dick Van Dyke, Fox News, James Baldwin, Joe Manchin, life's goals, pursuit of happiness, The Fourth Estate, Tucker Carlson, wealth and poverty
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Dick Van Dyke’s quote made me laugh.  At age 95,  he said he doesn’t spend a minute being depressed because at his age he needs to be  “enjoying himself.”  (AARP Bulletin, October 2021, pg. 46.)  At 85, I understand his urgency.  When the road is short, it’s wise to en
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Fair Share

November 02, 2021
by Caroline Miller
Benjamin Soskis, billionaires, Build Back Better, charity, Elon Musk, entitlement programs, Janet Yellen, Jeff Fezos, Joe Manchin, money from investments, oligarchs, rise of Unions, tax loopholes, taxable income, TCIA, The Congressional Research Service, West Virginia
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Even In the worst of times, politics can be funny.  Joe Manchin, Democratic senator from West Virginia, filled me with mirth when he said he would oppose President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion “Build Back Better” budget. He didn’t want to foster an “entitlement” culture, he
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They’re Either Too Young Or Too Old

September 21, 2021
by Caroline Miller
Adie MacDowell, Ageism, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Carmen Diaz, Carol Burnett, Clint Eastwood, Cry Macho, Dr. Anthony Faucci, Drew Barrymore, Joe Manchin, Nicki Minaj, Stephen Colbert, Tim Conway
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A U. S. voter isn’t surprised that Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, New York Congresswoman woman from New York and a democratic liberal, fails to see eye to eye with Joe Manchin, a conservative democratic Senator from West Virginia.  But a public dustup over age is surprising. Manchin at 7
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Rethinking The Filibuster

August 10, 2021
by Caroline Miller
Active listening, Adam Kinzingersinz, filibuster, Joe Biden, Joe Manchin, Krysten Sinema, leadership that follows, leadership that leads, Liz Cheney, Might Makes Right, tribal politics
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One evening this week, I listened to an expert’s advice on how to change the minds of unvaccinated people. He was selling an old technique called Active Listening. In this case, an individual repeats an antivaxer’s objections, so the person will be satisfied those objections have
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