Food for thought as we reflect on what once made this country great. Are the efforts of our forebearers relevant when we have allowed the work to fade away?
Author Archives: John Wallenfeldt
Many immigrants in the US know this particularly dangerous train ride very well | Public Radio International
I read The Beast awhile back and even assuming the worst in people, it was still a bit of a shock.
Navajos Leave Footprint On The Diamond | Only A Game
I like how baseball grows and spreads into different cultures and communities.
You don’t see that with basketball or even football, and I think those writing the eulogies for our national pastime are missing the real story.
https://player.wbur.org/onlyagame/2014/03/22/navajo-baseball-native-american
Bill Moyers Essay: The United States of Inequality | Moyers & Company | BillMoyers.com
I keep going back to this essay. We haven’t fixed the problem. Not by a long shot.
World’s wrecked cars reincarnated in Afghanistan – chicagotribune.com
I read this long ago and it still amazes me where our stuff ends up and why.
Roads Will Be More Deadly Than HIV/AIDS In 20 Years
Good times or bad, it all comes down to ignoring infrastructure that is gonna ruin our economies and get people killed.
Monument Valley: Mother Nature’s scene-stealing movie star – Videos – CBS News
Why Conservatives’ Old Divide-and-Conquer Strategy — Setting Working Class Against the Poor — Is Backfiring | Blog, Perspectives | BillMoyers.com
This can’t happen fast enough.
Eventually – one hopes – we’d rather be smart than afraid.
BBC News – Royal pardon for codebreaker Alan Turing
This is a long time coming.
Just think of all of the potential technological advances we missed out on because of simple fear and bigotry. May we all get better at handling each other’s differences.