Let teachers teach When our teachers are not allowed to discuss and teach the facts of our nation’s history to their students we destroy the very foundations of this democracy; we become not a democratic society but a puppet society. And who pulls the strings? What is it about our history that so terrifies these politicians? We cannot possibly correct what we cannot recognize.
Most people learn early on the dangers of generalizing. Poet William Blake put it bluntly several hundred years ago: “To generalize is to be an idiot.” For some reason the lesson doesn’t stick.
– John Richard Schrock has trained biology teachers for more than 30 years in Kansas. He also has lectured at 27 universities in 20 trips to China. He holds the distinction of “Faculty Emeritus” at Emporia State University.
– Margy Stewart and her husband, Ron Young, are the caretakers of Bird Runner Wildlife Refuge, a native prairie preserve in the Flint Hills of eastern Geary County, Kansas. They are working to conserve upland prairie and restore former crop fields to bottomland tallgrass prairie.
Hello, dear readers, and welcome to a bonus letters column devoted to your ongoing questions about the coronavirus and its vaccines and boosters. You’ve brought up important and complex topics, and we’ll do our best to provide clear and helpful information.
Lately reading through social media has led some to utter things like “come on, we’re better than this.” The “trolling” is pervasive. Often rudeness just rules the day.
The worst tragedies are preventable tragedies. We see them in the news: apartment fires due to space heaters, traffic accidents caused by drivers under the influence, or medical errors to name a few. Then there are easily preventable tragedies, if only the resources were available: the UN reports that 25,000 people die of starvation (10,000 of them children) every day.
Even casual baseball fans know that Jackie Robinson became Major League Baseball’s first black player, that he had a stellar career with the Brooklyn Dodgers which included Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player awards. But Robinson’s life before and after Brooklyn was also rewarding. Too few people remember Robinson’s collegiate achievements, and then his civil rights activism.
Imagine fields of solar arrays with crops growing under them, tilting up and down, depending on plant, solar and producer needs. Imagine new agricultural industries, solar grazing and solar beekeeping, using grasses and flowering plants under and beside solar farms.