Tag: Politics

  • The Price of War We Refuse to Pay for Ourselves

    The article questions why significant funds are consistently allocated for military endeavors, such as the ongoing Operation Epic Fury, while essential domestic programs like healthcare, homelessness assistance, and education remain underfunded. It argues that the financial capability exists for these social programs but is a matter of political choice rather than fiscal inability.

  • The Hollowed School: What Is Happening to Public Education in Kentucky and Why It Matters

    Kentucky’s public schools are being squeezed from four directions at once. The numbers from Frankfort, JCPS, and FCPS tell a story every educator needs to read.

  • The Pentagon’s AI Ultimatum: What It Means for Privacy

    HYDRA Has a Server Farm: AI, the Pentagon, and What We Should All Be Watching There is a scene near the end of Captain America: The Winter Soldier where Steve Rogers stands in front of S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters and tells a room full of agents that the organization they have served has been secretly building a…

  • Keep Discovery at Udvar-Hazy: A Case for Preserving Context Over Politics

    The article argues for keeping Space Shuttle Discovery at Udvar-Hazy, emphasizing its historical context, accessibility, and educational value, while proposing Houston focus on modern spaceflight narratives.

  • What We Need To Remember

    Image prompt:Create a neon sign with the words Be Kind in blue neon  over the empty parking of a rural grocery store in the American Midwest. Night time image. Aspect ratio 16:9

  • Book Review: The Pope at War by David I. Kertzer

    David I. Kertzer’s “The Pope at War” critically analyzes Pope Pius XII’s actions during World War II, revealing complicity with fascist regimes and moral failings amid the Holocaust.