Monthly Archives: September 2019

Organizing Opportunity?

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Bruce

From today’s NY Times — Maybe we could get schools like Notre Dame to adopt the Duke-UNC curriculum . . . U.S. Orders Duke and U.N.C. to “Recast Tone” in Mideast Studies Caption — The chapel at Duke University. The … Continue reading →

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How We Do Science

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Bruce

from the Annual Report of the United Kingdom Overseas Conservation Forum

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Island Obliteration

Posted on September 13, 2019 by Bruce

This is simply a horrible story and I have no comment. . . . from Business Insider F-35s and F-15s just obliterated an entire Iraqi island to root out ISIS fighters by Ellen Ioanes        Sep. 10, 2019, 12:55 PM US … Continue reading →

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Barbuda Two Years After Hurricane Irma — Same ol’, same ol’

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Bruce

Not, we all hope, a model for the reconstruction of the northern Bahamas after Dorian. from the on-line Antigua Newsroom, as linked for us by Kevel Lindsay <https://antiguanewsroom.com/barbuda-two-years-after-hurricane-irma/ > Barbuda Two Years After Hurricane Irma September 5, 2019 (PRESS RELEASE) … Continue reading →

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The Unbreakable Virgin Islanders — 2017 was REALLY TOUGH.

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Bruce

Article from the St. John Tradewinds < https://www.stjohntradewinds.com/filmmaker-focuses-on-unbreakable-virgin-islanders/ > Filmmaker Focuses on ‘Unbreakable Virgin Islanders’ By Tradewinds Staff – September 3, 2019 Photo Caption: Peter Bailey introduces his documentary to a group of Virgin Islanders at the Helen Mills Theater … Continue reading →

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