this was offered as a comment
in response to someone who was insisting that violating one's oath - or what in my case would be an affirmation - is pretty much unacceptable under any circumstance.
I am not going to promote this post.
But I want to offer what I wrote in return, below the fold.
As I have engage in dialog over Snowden and related matters, my own thinking is becoming ever more clear.
It is not yet finished.
Perhaps what I offer below the squiggle is of some value to someone, and since the diary on which it was originally posted has long-since scrolled from view, I post it now in case it may be of interest to anyone.
Peace.
I am not going to promote this post.
But I want to offer what I wrote in return, below the fold.
As I have engage in dialog over Snowden and related matters, my own thinking is becoming ever more clear.
It is not yet finished.
Perhaps what I offer below the squiggle is of some value to someone, and since the diary on which it was originally posted has long-since scrolled from view, I post it now in case it may be of interest to anyone.
Peace.
Welcome to the Human Race
May I borrow about 4 minutes of your time?
I am going to ask you to watch a video to which I will only link.
I will say up front that the person you will encounter has meant a great deal to me, first through his writing, then through his friendship.
What he says in this brief video is also applicable to much of what and how I write.
I invite you to watch and listen to Parker Palmer
Peace.
I am going to ask you to watch a video to which I will only link.
I will say up front that the person you will encounter has meant a great deal to me, first through his writing, then through his friendship.
What he says in this brief video is also applicable to much of what and how I write.
I invite you to watch and listen to Parker Palmer
Peace.
Declare Your Commitment to the Education Our Children Deserve
There is a new initiative, titled An Education Declaration to Rebuild America.
For too long, our policymakers have engaged the nation’s schoolchildren in a grand experiment, with frequent testing, incentive programs and top-down mandates that promised much but delivered little.
Today, leading academics, policymakers and educators come together to demand an education spring embodied in An Education Declaration to Rebuild America.
Those who’ve signed the Declaration include prominent progressives, such as Robert Reich; public officials, such as Florida State Senator Nan Rich; education experts Diane Ravitch and Linda Darling-Hammond; union leaders Randi Weingarten and Dennis Van Roekel; parent activists, such as Rita Solnet; authors Jonathan Kozol and Dave Eggers – and more than 40 other prominent leaders.
Two members of this community were present at the creation of this effort. Jeff Bryant and I participated in a dinner discussion with several other people which led to this effort, and Jeff is playing a major role in it.
Please keep reading.
There is a new initiative, titled An Education Declaration to Rebuild America.
For too long, our policymakers have engaged the nation’s schoolchildren in a grand experiment, with frequent testing, incentive programs and top-down mandates that promised much but delivered little.
Today, leading academics, policymakers and educators come together to demand an education spring embodied in An Education Declaration to Rebuild America.
Those who’ve signed the Declaration include prominent progressives, such as Robert Reich; public officials, such as Florida State Senator Nan Rich; education experts Diane Ravitch and Linda Darling-Hammond; union leaders Randi Weingarten and Dennis Van Roekel; parent activists, such as Rita Solnet; authors Jonathan Kozol and Dave Eggers – and more than 40 other prominent leaders.
Two members of this community were present at the creation of this effort. Jeff Bryant and I participated in a dinner discussion with several other people which led to this effort, and Jeff is playing a major role in it.
Please keep reading.
For too long, our policymakers have engaged the nation’s schoolchildren in a grand experiment, with frequent testing, incentive programs and top-down mandates that promised much but delivered little.
Today, leading academics, policymakers and educators come together to demand an education spring embodied in An Education Declaration to Rebuild America.
Those who’ve signed the Declaration include prominent progressives, such as Robert Reich; public officials, such as Florida State Senator Nan Rich; education experts Diane Ravitch and Linda Darling-Hammond; union leaders Randi Weingarten and Dennis Van Roekel; parent activists, such as Rita Solnet; authors Jonathan Kozol and Dave Eggers – and more than 40 other prominent leaders.
Two members of this community were present at the creation of this effort. Jeff Bryant and I participated in a dinner discussion with several other people which led to this effort, and Jeff is playing a major role in it.
Please keep reading.
Eugene Robinson weighs in on Snowden & the NSA
The important thing right now isn’t whether Edward Snowden should be labeled a hero or villain. First, let’s have the debate he sparked over surveillance and privacy. Then we can decide how history should remember him.That's how Robinson begins a column titled Edward Snowden’s NSA leaks show we need a debate.He acknowledges that Snowden is an imperfect messenger,
But his message should not be ignored.In case anyone lacks the background of the case, he goes through its background.He notes the President has said that he welcomes the debate that is now occurring, then asks
Why, then, didn’t he launch the discussion rather than wait for Snowden’s leaks?And of course he asks how what he calls 'a mid-level computer guy working for a private contractor" have access