"This was the voice of moderation until 13 Sept, 2025"
by liberal japonicus Perhaps a bit of inside baseball, but here in Japan, things are very unsettled and everyone teaching is talking about going online. I’m the cranky uncle always yelling ‘don’t call it online, call it Emergency Remote Teaching‘! And you kids get off my yard!!!’. I was calling it Crisis Teaching, but ERT … Read more
by liberal japonicus I’ve heard it tell round these parts, a few are interested in this. NPR present their dissection. https://www.npr.org/2020/03/26/821457551/whats-inside-the-senate-s-2-trillion-coronavirus-aid-package Of course, need to be careful, they are taking money from the public trough and some argue that if we had just spent the money on what was important, we wouldn’t be in this … Read more
by liberal japonicus Time to dig out your faves. Been reading Adrianne Rich and share this one with you. What Kind of Times Are These by Adrienne Rich There’s a place between two stands of trees where the grass grows uphill and the old revolutionary road breaks off into shadows near a meeting-house abandoned by … Read more