On the Florida school shooting and “arming” teachers… I just read a post from a teacher who wrote that if we want to “arm” her: arm her with more teacher’s aids so she can give more individual attention to her … Continue reading →
A recent NY Times article noted that Republicans promised to end “fiscal recklessness,” yet they have been tremendously free-wheeling in creating yet more debt with, say, a new spending deal “…that would blow through the caps imposed by the 2011 … Continue reading →
CNN News report lead in: “A gunman unleashed horror at his former high school in South Florida on Wednesday (yesterday), authorities said, slaughtering at least 17 unsuspecting students and adults and leaving the country asking why another school massacre has … Continue reading →
I was just reading a Wall Street Journal article today about Myanmar’s Rohingya fleeing violent persecution into Bangladesh. More than 700,000 people have packed into camps there in the last year, according to the report. Bangladesh, which is poor country … Continue reading →
In the book A Farewell to Alms (A Brief Economic History of the World), author Gregory Clark writes of the Industrial Revolution: “The classic description has also suggested that significant technological advances across disparate sectors of the economy contributed to … Continue reading →
Just read a NY Times piece on outgoing California Governor Jerry Brown. As a slate of new candidates line up out there, one particularly stands out to me: Desmond Silveira. Like Brown, he would lean toward social justice, toward good environmental … Continue reading →
At our Wednesday night Spiritual Book Study, we’re currently discussing the book Uncomfortable by Brett McCracken. McCracken, a Christian, notes Jesus said: “Whoever loves his life, loses it. And whoever hates his life in the world, will keep it for … Continue reading →
I was reading that presidents Obama and Bush both designated Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a “service day,” and each volunteered at various outreaches on that day during their presidencies. (Trump played golf at Mar-a-Lago that day.) So in … Continue reading →
As a follow up to my last entry on the social work field, I picked up the book: Social Work with Groups (Social Justice Through Personal, Community and Social Change). In a section about lab group work through activity-centered therapy, … Continue reading →
In a book titled: The Ohio Reader, I was reading a section today that noted the lack of social workers is contributing to over-crowding in the psychiatric units throughout the state. With less social workers in the field, to help … Continue reading →