Fandango’s Provocative Question #165 For some people, this is an interesting, albeit impersonal question. For some of us, it’s personal and cuts painfully close to home. How do you feel about what is going on in the United States in regard… Read More ›
Education
HOW THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY ENDS by SEAN MUNGER
Nationalization, expropriation and revolutionary violence will sweep away any semblance of an “orderly” transition to renewable energy. The global warming/climate change crisis is destroying our planet and our civilization. The fix is simple to understand: the fossil fuel industry must… Read More ›
REGRETS, PART II
“Forget regret, or life is yours to miss.” – Jonathan Larson (Playwright and Composer) It is hard to forget the mistakes or missed opportunities of the past. They often cling to us like wet t-shirts. We would like to just… Read More ›
BANNING BOOKS IS NEVER OKAY
Fandango’s Provocative Question #156 How do you feel about state and local school boards and other jurisdictions banning of classic books such as those I’ve listed? Under what circumstances, if any, do you feel that banning of such books is appropriate… Read More ›
THE ENEMY OF IGNORANCE – RICH PASCHALL
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all… Read More ›
PLANS
Few of us have a realistic game plan right out of high school. We might think we do, but not long after we start college or end college and start work, we find the profession we prepared for isn’t it…. Read More ›
STUDY HARD. GET GOOD GRADES.
GRADES I don’t think either of my parents ever told me to “study hard” or to “get good (or better) grades.” I never got bad grades or brilliant ones. I didn’t study hard or usually, at all. Back then I… Read More ›
LESSONS FROM THE LOCKDOWN
5 Things Tuesday on Wednesday — 5 Life lessons you’ve learned during the lockdown. I learned that we weren’t all that outgoing before the lockdown, so I suspect being locked down was less difficult for us than for others who… Read More ›
THE BEST POLICY
To Tell The Truth, Rich Paschall At times it may seem okay to tell an “innocent little lie.” You may want to “protect” someone from the truth. You may not want to hurt them. You may want to save bad… Read More ›
BOSTON BUSING AS I REMEMBER
During my ABC Network News stint (3 years), I covered major international stories. These included the civil rights movement and the war in Vietnam. While I was in Vietnam in 1967, I met LBJ who revealed he wouldn’t seek re-election… Read More ›
FANDANGO’S PROVOCATIVE QUESTION #104: EDUCATION!
Fandango’s Provocative Question #104: WHAT SHOULD THEY TEACH IN SCHOOL? Fandango wants to know… How about just about anything? Like history? Literature? Truth? Science? Philosophy? Right and wrong? Hey, how about teaching them some kind of math that lets… Read More ›
THE FORGOTTEN PANDEMIC – RICH PASCHALL
World AIDS Day, December 1st, by Rich Paschall While we have been busy with two pandemics, COVID-19 and stupidity, another has been pushed to the side. It is still deadly, still contagious, and still has no cure. Since 1988 December… Read More ›
Serendipity Seeking Intelligent Life on Earth 