An excerpt from Politico -
Billy Graham Built a Movement. Now His Son Is Dismantling It.
If you want to understand the evangelical decline in the United States, look no further than the transition from Billy to Franklin Graham.
By STEPHEN PROTHERO
The qualities of temper and judgment that made Billy Graham so singularly successful are almost entirely lacking in his son, who now imperils his father’s legacy. Thanks to Franklin Graham and his cronies on the Religious Right, American evangelicalism has now become first and foremost a political rather than a spiritual enterprise. The life of Billy Graham helped build it up. And his death may well have ensured its demise.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/02/24/billy-graham-evangelical-decline-franklin-graham-217077?cid=apn
Saturday, February 24, 2018
Cartoons
From The NIB -
Four Cartoonists on Their Favorite Unsung Black History Heroes
by The Response
https://thenib.com/black-history-response
Four Cartoonists on Their Favorite Unsung Black History Heroes
by The Response
https://thenib.com/black-history-response
Friday, February 23, 2018
Night and Day
From the Washington Post -
Mueller and Trump: Born to wealth, raised to lead. Then, sharply different choices.
By Marc Fisher and Sari Horwitz
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mueller-and-trump-born-to-wealth-raised-to-lead-then-sharply-different-choices/2018/02/22/ad50b7bc-0a99-11e8-8b0d-891602206fb7_story.html?utm_term=.c2f49103cdf1
Mueller and Trump: Born to wealth, raised to lead. Then, sharply different choices.
By Marc Fisher and Sari Horwitz
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mueller-and-trump-born-to-wealth-raised-to-lead-then-sharply-different-choices/2018/02/22/ad50b7bc-0a99-11e8-8b0d-891602206fb7_story.html?utm_term=.c2f49103cdf1
Roadblock to Success
An excerpt from OZY -
IT'S HARDER TO BECOME A HAIR-BRAIDER THAN AN EMT. WHO'S TO BLAME?
By Nick Fouriezos
Last year, Jocelyn DoCouto stood before a handful of lawmakers at the Rhode Island capitol — and began to braid her daughter’s hair. Typically, the 26-year-old works with clients in the privacy of her home in Pawtucket, just north of Providence. But on that day, DoCouto was testifying before members of the House Corporations committee. Her goal? To prove the state shouldn’t require a cumbersome, and costly, license to practice natural hair-braiding.
Considering that braiders don’t always use chemicals, like other stylists or cosmetologists, it may seem like a no-brainer. Yet about half of all states require some license for natural hair-braiders. The cost can be prohibitive to small-time entrepreneurs — not just financially, but also timewise. According to the Institute for Justice, a libertarian-leaning law firm that has pushed to end braiding regulations in more than a dozen states:
IT'S HARDER TO BECOME A HAIR-BRAIDER THAN AN EMT. WHO'S TO BLAME?
By Nick Fouriezos
Last year, Jocelyn DoCouto stood before a handful of lawmakers at the Rhode Island capitol — and began to braid her daughter’s hair. Typically, the 26-year-old works with clients in the privacy of her home in Pawtucket, just north of Providence. But on that day, DoCouto was testifying before members of the House Corporations committee. Her goal? To prove the state shouldn’t require a cumbersome, and costly, license to practice natural hair-braiding.
Considering that braiders don’t always use chemicals, like other stylists or cosmetologists, it may seem like a no-brainer. Yet about half of all states require some license for natural hair-braiders. The cost can be prohibitive to small-time entrepreneurs — not just financially, but also timewise. According to the Institute for Justice, a libertarian-leaning law firm that has pushed to end braiding regulations in more than a dozen states:
THE AVERAGE COSMETOLOGIST MUST COMPLETE 386 DAYS OF TRAINING, COMPARED TO JUST 34 FOR THE AVERAGE EMT.
http://www.ozy.com/acumen/its-harder-to-become-a-hair-braider-than-an-emt-whos-to-blame/83708
She Didn't Sign Up For This
An excerpt from Medium -
A letter from a furious teacher
By Rebecca Berlin Field
Dear every elected official,
Nowhere in my contract does it state that if the need arises, I have to shield students from gunfire with my own body. If it did, I wouldn’t have signed it. I love my job. I love my students. I am also a mother with 2 amazing daughters. I am a wife of a wonderful man. I have a dog that I adore. I don’t want to die defending other people’s children; I want to teach kindness and responsibility…and Art History. That’s what I am supposed to do each day. Blocking bullets? I am not supposed to do that. I imagine that if someone was trying to kill my students, that I would try to save them with all my being. I probably would jump on top of a child to save her life. And yes, I might be one of those heroic teachers that the media writes tributes to after their death. But I am furious that I would have to make this sacrifice. I am incensed that my own children would lose their mother because I chose to be a teacher.
https://medium.com/@rebeccaberlinfield/a-letter-from-a-furious-teacher-81d0590e3b0
A letter from a furious teacher
By Rebecca Berlin Field
Dear every elected official,
Nowhere in my contract does it state that if the need arises, I have to shield students from gunfire with my own body. If it did, I wouldn’t have signed it. I love my job. I love my students. I am also a mother with 2 amazing daughters. I am a wife of a wonderful man. I have a dog that I adore. I don’t want to die defending other people’s children; I want to teach kindness and responsibility…and Art History. That’s what I am supposed to do each day. Blocking bullets? I am not supposed to do that. I imagine that if someone was trying to kill my students, that I would try to save them with all my being. I probably would jump on top of a child to save her life. And yes, I might be one of those heroic teachers that the media writes tributes to after their death. But I am furious that I would have to make this sacrifice. I am incensed that my own children would lose their mother because I chose to be a teacher.
https://medium.com/@rebeccaberlinfield/a-letter-from-a-furious-teacher-81d0590e3b0
Thursday, February 22, 2018
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Defending the Kids
There’s only one group Stephen thinks can actually defend the kids. And it is… the kids. pic.twitter.com/p962tuW9sv— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) February 21, 2018
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