If you see police choking someone to death – such as Eric Garner, the 43-year-old black horticulturalist wrestled down on the streets of New York City in 2014 – you might choose to pepper-spray them and flee. You might even save an innocent life. But what ethical considerations justify such dangerous heroics? (After all, the cops might arrest or kill you.)I
Source: Aeon
My Thoughts: Well beautifully well put.
Bryson Sassau’s application would inspire any college admissions officer.
A founder of T.M. Landry College Preparatory School described him as a “bright, energetic, compassionate and genuinely well-rounded” student whose alcoholic father had beaten him and his mother and had denied them money for food and shelter. His transcript “speaks for itself,” the founder, Tracey Landry, wrote, but Mr. Sassau should also be lauded for founding a community service program, the Dry House, to help the children of abusive and alcoholic parents. He took four years of honors English, the application said, was a baseball M.V.P. and earned high honors in the “Mathematics Olympiad.”
Source: New York Times
My Comment:
Pretty long article. I started off think this was all about fraud across the board, but I think we might need to delve into it a bit more. It does appear Landry was an unsavory character in the least, but certainly some of those kids (especially the one who transferred in as high performing) would have done well anyway. I am just not totally convinced that all the kids were fraud – I would need to see more. I will admit that I am biased here, just because I have no doubt that this is not an isolated case – the dude was probably not sophisticated enough to keep it going.
So it happened again. You let one slip out, and what’s worse, it happened in front of company. If this reminds you of a recent situation you have to ask yourself, should you really have been holding back your wind in the first place? Let’s face it your body is not a car, so you should not be holding on to your gas. Here are 10 health benefits of farting you need to know. Read more
Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
Seeking a home where he himself is free.
(America never was America to me.)
Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed–
Let it be that great strong land of love
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above.
(It never was America to me.)
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As we age, life’s end looms closer: but the end may be the peak of our happiness
If life wanted to mess with you, it couldn’t have come up with a better way than death. Especially the lead-up. Your strength flags; your world narrows; much of what once gave you pleasure and satisfaction is now gone. But as it turns out, happiness is still very much with you—often even more so than before.
Source: Why You Can Look Forward to Being Happier in Old Age
My Comment: Pretty informative piece.
