This month’s top ten discussion topics
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Pilot, Daily Dale, and Lord Byron’s Newfoundland Dog
Pilot 3/10/2018 See a Pie….Eat a Lot. He only wore his collar when he went for a walk. At the beach, I put him on a long rope. He had no fear of water, and he loved to swim through the deep tide pools. Three weeks ago Pilot passed. He had turned ten last September....
Unstoppable by Ralph Nader
Unstoppable I picked up Unstoppable by Ralph Nader for $5.00. It was on the “Last Chance” rack outside of Books-A-Million. In the book, Ralph Nader gives examples of times when political factions have overcome their normally antagonistic natures to form an...
Unlearning
Unlearning Many educators have the wrong idea about teaching. They mistakenly believe that teaching is hard because, so they think, students are reluctant to learn. Nothing could be further from the truth. Learning is easy and comes naturally like breathing, but...
Civil unrest and the Police
The Chairman of the Black Police Officer's Association expressed the solution to the problem very well this morning on NPR. To paraphrase: Comply and then Complain, not the other way around. The police are trained to get control of any confrontational situation, and...
Is Bergdahl the new Yossarian?
Bergdahl Why aren’t Beau Bergdahl or Edward Snowden the new Yossarian? Here’s what Win Lose or Draw has to say on that subject: Those of us who have read Catch 22 tend to agree that the main character, Yossarian, rises above the smoke of the battlefield and assumes...
Education
Education…the Philosophy of The following is largely stol....I mean borrowed from Wikipedia with some additions and slight revisions by Win Lose or Draw. Main Wikipedia article: Education (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/education#History) History Main article:...
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Law
The Law The following is largely stol....I mean borrowed from Wikipedia with some additions and slight revisions by Win Lose or Draw. References to other scholarly works are also made. Main Wikipedia article: Legal History...
Federalism
Federalism The following is largely stol....I mean borrowed from Wikipedia with some additions and slight revisions by Win Lose or Draw. Main Wikipedia article: Federalism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalism) Federalism is a political concept in which a group...
John Birch Society
Win Lose or Draw just finished reading a book entitled Wrapped in the Flag by Claire Conner. Claire Conner’s father and mother, when they were alive, were members of the John Birch society at the executive level. The saga of her life, as portrayed by her in her book,...