Henry Giroux/Commentary

Thinking Dangerously in the Age of Normalized Ignorance     Ed. Note: Critical Thinking: From time to time the imperative to consider the stakes takes stage. This is one of those times. Our thanks to Henry Giroux for sharing with us an article that appears...
Carmen Firan/Commentary

Carmen Firan/Commentary

Photo by Artur Pokusin via Unsplash *** My Street, Their World   By Carmen Firan Sipping my morning coffee. Spring was just around the corner, but not quite there yet. The sparrows have gone berserk, they’ve lost patience, flinging from one branch to another,...
Henry A. Giroux/Commentary

Henry A. Giroux/Commentary

Scott Webb photo Why Teachers Matter in Dark Times   by Henry A. Giroux Americans live in a historical moment that annihilates thought. Ignorance now provides a sense of community; the brain has migrated to the dark pit of the spectacle; the only discourse that...

The Herd of Elephants in the Room

The  Herd of Elephants in the Room Barry Healey’s Letter to Justin Trudeau (et al)   In 1953 the population of humans on Planet Earth was 2.3 billion.  65 years later, it’s over 7 billion, 3 times the number in 1951. It would appear that we humans have one...
Chelsea Horne/Desperate Times in Argentina

Chelsea Horne/Desperate Times in Argentina

The Basilica Nuestra Señora Del Pilar (The Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar). To the left is ‘El Gran Gomero’; at over 200 years old, it is the oldest tree in the Buenos Aires.   Argentines Under Siege   by Chelsea L. Horne   When you think of...