Category Archives: history

“We can’t expect the world to get better by itself.”—the late journalist Gwen Ifill.

“The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water and breeds reptiles of the mind.”—William Blake

“The only security of all is in a free press.”—Thomas Jefferson

“The Earth is degenerating today. Bribery and corruption abound. Children no longer obey their parents, every man wants to write a book, and it is evident that the end of the world is fast approaching.”—Assyrian tablet, ca. 2800 B.C.

“I do not think of political power as an end. Neither do I think of economic power as an end. They are ingredients in the objective that we seek in life. And I think that end of that objective is … Continue reading →

“Like Columbus Day, the sugarcoated story of Thanksgiving whitewashes a monstrous history of land theft and environmental degradation, white settler-colonialism, systematic abductions and rape, forced displacement and assimilation, and genocide. The list of crimes that governments and non-Indigenous individuals in … Continue reading →

“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’”—Isaac Asimov.