This week is dedicated to the one, the only, Coronavirus: show-stealer of 2020 and still playing sold-out houses until, likely, late into 2021. Rather than trying to convince readers to consider the socio-political implications of this or that policy, its effect on the college-aged demographic, or any other such lofty goals, the premise of this… Continue reading The Week in Viewpoints
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The Week in Viewpoints
This week in Viewpoints I wanted to focus on language, specifically how language can make a difference in our everyday lives on a casual, cultural, and political level. This theme is much in-keeping with this week’s Engage the Times session which dealt with civility in public discourse. One reason, perhaps, that American politics is so… Continue reading The Week in Viewpoints
The Week in Viewpoints
This week in Viewpoints, we take a look at some of the stories that highlight how 2021 is definitely not the year that morning comes back to America or we return to normal. First, a longer Viewpoint will likely be out later this week breaking down this very topic, but in the meantime CNET can… Continue reading The Week in Viewpoints
The Week in Viewpoints
The theme of this week is “democracy prevails!” Here are some highlights of democracy prevailing at home and abroad. In Germany, the Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (say that five times fast), the state agency for Constitutional compliance, has placed the opposition AfD (Alternative for Deutschland) Party under government surveillance. This comes after the BfV alleged a… Continue reading The Week in Viewpoints