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Sanders and Warren

vendredi 6 septembre 2019 à 02:00

The Democratic presidential race is heading towards Sanders vs Warren.

The article's title is misleading: Sanders is not "fighting" Warren and neither is Warren "fighting" Sanders. I am very glad to see the way that they compete but refuse to be enemies.

I would be terribly disappointed if one of them drops out and does anything other than endorse the other.

Teen convicted of sending photo of perself

vendredi 6 septembre 2019 à 02:00

As has happened many times before, a teenager in the US has been convicted of sending someone a nude photo of perself.

It should never be a crime to send a nude photo of yourself, not for anyone of whatever age.

It could make sense to prohibit persuading a minor to send a nude photo of perself, and redistributing one without permission.

The time and place to teach empathy

jeudi 5 septembre 2019 à 02:00

An important Massachusetts high school exam asked students to portray the viewpoint of a white woman refusing to help a runaway slave. Some black students were so upset by this that they did badly on the rest of the exam from that point.

The ability to present viewpoints you disagree with, even strongly oppose, requires empathy. Practising that must be a useful exercise; I think I could have learned a lot if I had practiced it more. But we shouldn't ask students to start that exercize in the middle of a high-stakes exam. If each student does dozens of such exercizes, over a period of a few months, with no special pressure, the student may become comfortable with portraying attitudes that disgust per.

Taking back control from Bogus Johnson

jeudi 5 septembre 2019 à 02:00

Jeremy Corbyn talks about plans to take back control of the UK from Bogus Johnson.

Big ag and the climate crisis

jeudi 5 septembre 2019 à 02:00

Big Ag Is a Major Obstacle to Combating the Climate Crisis.