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On the Connecticut: Fear of Education?
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Friday, May 7, 2010. We believe in public education in the United States, so we support it with our tax dollars. In spite of that commitment, we seem afraid to let our young people learn too much. We teach them to read but not be literate. We sanitize history. We censor literature. We restrict science education. We seem intent on stifling our children’s’ curiosity and creativity, rather than encouraging it. To solve global problems, our youth must be able to visualize beyond the confines of their own exp...
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On the Connecticut: Choices
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Sunday, May 2, 2010. As citizens of a democracy, we have choices. We can remain ignorant and trust our government to protect us from political and corporate profiteers, swindlers, hucksters and liars; or we can inform ourselves about the issues and get involved in making changes. We can allow our schools to be starved by corporate warmongers, our media to be controlled by corporate interests, and our elections to be manipulated by corporate lobbyists; or we can take back control of our country. Image: Ic...
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On the Connecticut: September 2009
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009. Soldiers will be Soldiers. Gen Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, recently said the situation there is serious and growing worse and the United States risks failure unless we send in more troops. His statement precisely illustrates why a soldier should not be making foreign policy decisions. It’s all about the military. But is winning a war in Afghanistan really in our best interests? The solution in Afghanistan is not military. We must not le...
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On the Connecticut: July 2009
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Friday, July 3, 2009. The subprime mortgage scam was the tipping point that brought on the Wall Street meltdown that created our current economic crisis. Or so goes the official explanation. But this crisis might not have been a crisis, if the middle class was economically stronger. A strong democracy depends on an economically robust middle class. We are the geese that lay the golden eggs that the rich so covet. For more than 200 years, we used Africans as farm animals and personal servants even though ...
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On the Connecticut: June 2010
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Monday, June 28, 2010. Another iron in the fire. My client workload is heavy and I'm working on a new project, so my blog is on hiatus. I'll let you know what the new project is all about when it's ready. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Once a month, I send out an email notification of updates to my blog. If you'd like to receive this notification, please send an email to ontheconnecticut@roadrunner.com. You can also send comments to this address as well. A Tree Falling In The Woods With No One There. Are we...
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On the Connecticut: Keith Hoffman—Watercolor Landscapes
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Monday, April 12, 2010. Keith Hoffman—Watercolor Landscapes. Keith Hoffman recently relocated to Landenberg, Pennsylvania; but since his studio and gallery were in Jamaica, Vermont for many years, he’s still a New England artist to me. I came across Keith at an outdoor art show in Vermont about fifteen years ago. I was so taken by his work that I visited his Jamaica studio a few weeks later and bought one of his paintings. Keith later relocated to Vermont to immerse himself in the rural subject matter th...
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On the Connecticut: April 2010
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Monday, April 12, 2010. What is wrong with us? Have we become so brainwashed and jaded that we can’t see what’s happening? Our young people are being turned into murderers and war fodder by our feckless and imperialistic wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. And all we do is watch. And decide for yourself. Afghan investigators claim that US military forces covered up the massacre of five Afghan citizens following a raid on what turned out to be a baby shower. After first claiming US soldiers had stumbled upo...
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On the Connecticut: August 2009
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Monday, August 31, 2009. A short way down the road, the cop passed the same car and came flying up behind me with his blue lights flashing. I pulled off the road, took out my license and registration and rolled down the window. I watched in the mirror as the officer carefully donned his Stetson when he exited his vehicle. He walked up beside my car and asked the usual questions. “May I see your license and registration please? 8221; followed by “Do you know why I stopped you, Mr. Johnson? I must have bee...
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On the Connecticut: March 2010
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Friday, March 5, 2010. I’ve owned quite a few Volvos. I’ve driven at least one of almost every model over the last 45 years, and I recently had the chance to drive S60 and S40 loaner cars from my local dealer. They’re both terrific cars. I like Volvo’s design philosophy. It puts function on the same level as form. And each new model has been a big improvement over the previous one. But favorite rides have little to do with beauty. They’re about emotion. My second favorite was my 1984 242 Turbo coupe....
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