Stephan: This story depressed me today. The truth is I think only a great deal of pain and suffering is going to wake up the American public, and by then it will be far too late for much remediation. The tens of millions of dollars spent by carbon energy interests to create confusion, the arguably treasonous activities of Fox News and the Theocratic Rightist agit-prop machine, and the ignorance and lack of interest in democracy of American voters is creating a situation in which it is becoming increasingly certain nothing significant is going to be done except at the local level where interested citizens can still have some impact.
Americans generally may be more ready to adapt to extreme weather and climate events, which are projected to become more frequent with global warming, than to curb greenhouse-gas […]
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2014
Ken Ham, - Around the World with Ken Ham
Stephan: This is what the Theocratic Right is reading and this is a prevalent point of view in that parallel fact free world. This is why I think there is little hope of a timely and effective response to any of the important issues our world faces.
My advice to you my readers is to educate yourself as to what is happening in education, healthcare, and concerning climate change in your local community and then get involved at the local level and begin making preparations for what is coming.
Ken Ham
Credit: faithandheritage.com
What do climate change, evolution, and aliens have in common? Well, according to comments by the author of a study reported in Christian Today, evangelicals are hesitant to embrace science because we (supposedly) deny all these things. But is this true? Are creationists science-deniers?
Science vs. God’s Word?
The author of the study, Joshua Ambrosius, does what many evolutionists (such as Bill Nye) do when he wrongfully equates science with climate change and evolution, saying, “Evangelicals have been hesitant to recognize the discoveries of modern science—from evolutionary origins to climate change.” Notice how he claims evangelicals are supposedly hesitant to support science—but how did he get that? It’s because many people with a secular worldview believe science and God’s Word are incompatible, meaning they think that if someone disagrees with evolution or the secularist reasoning for why climates change, then they are against science. But this is simply untrue. Creationists are not against science! We love science. What we are against are the worldview-based interpretations of the evidence.
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2014
Sarah Kendzior, PhD, - Alternet (U.S.)
Stephan: One of the paradoxes of the extraordinary increase in college fees, is that the same colleges and universities charging these outrageous sums depend increasingly on the labor of low paid instructors. Everyone who went to college has some direct experience with adjunct professors teaching courses. I know that I have a number of readers in this category, and I also know what a hard time they have financially. This report spells out this state of affairs.
It is 2011 and I’m sitting in the Palais des Congres in Montreal, watching anthropologists talk about structural inequality.
The American Anthropological Association meeting is held annually to showcase research from around the world, and like thousands of other anthropologists, I am paying to play: $650 for airfare, $400 for three nights in a “student” hotel, $70 for membership, and $94 for admission. The latter two fees are student rates. If I were an unemployed or underemployed scholar, the rates would double.
The theme of this year’s meeting is “Traces, Tidemarks and Legacies.” According to the explanation on the American Anthropological Association website [2], we live in a time when “the meaning and location of differences, both intellectually and morally, have been rearranged”. As the conference progresses, I begin to see what they mean. I am listening to the speaker bemoan the exploitative practices of the neoliberal model when a friend of mine taps me on the shoulder.
“I spent almost my entire salary to be here,” she says.
My friend is an adjunct [3]. She has a PhD […]
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