Although it has almost become a cliche, knowledge is indeed power. It confers upon us the opportunity to think critically; it enables us to make informed choices, freeing us from the demagogues in our midst; and most importantly, it helps us to participate meaningfully in the world around us. One
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Politics and its Discontents: Rachel Parent Takes on Kevin O’Leary Over GMO Foods
While I often lament people’s lack of engagement on matters of crucial importance, this very well-informed and articulate 14-year-old, about whom I wrote an earlier brief post, gives me some hope for the future. It is especially rich to hear a corporate shill like O’Leary talk about the importance of
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: This Is What Engaged Citizenship Looks Like
On Friday, fifty-four members of the global climate movement were arrested in Washington, DC after blockading the offices of an environmental engineering firm responsible for contributing to what protesters see as a deeply flawed impact statement on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, a controversial tar sands project that has become
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: ZZZZZZZZZZZ…. While You Were Sleeping
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Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Citizenship on the Sidelines
Being on holiday has induced in me a certain mental torpor, so please forgive me if this post states the obvious. Those of us who write politically-oriented blogs are, of course, engaged intellectually and emotionally in the machinations of those we elect. And I suspect it is to our regular
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