When I arrived at Berkeley in 1985, I saw a makeshift shantytown on the campus. It called attention to apartheid in South Africa and sparked my awareness of that situation and of politics in general. I mean, the campus was steeped in political protest since the free speech movement decades earlier had ignited a trend—thatContinue reading “Campuses: WTF?”
Tag Archives: liberal
Teapot in a Tempest
How have your political views changed over time? 2024 has all the promise of being a politically tumultuous year. And I can’t say I’m looking forward to that. Just a few years ago, I’d cast my vote and feel pride in having performed my civic duty and participating in the democratic process. Now I feelContinue reading “Teapot in a Tempest”
Hardening of the Attitudes
What’s a topic or issue about which you’ve changed your mind? My title for this post comes from some wordplay that I created when I was a much younger man. Reflecting on the comment I heard from older adults, I thought that their increasingly negative attitudes towards others could turn out to be as deadlyContinue reading “Hardening of the Attitudes”
Small Change
What would you change about modern society? The title of my post today was also the title of my first novel. Or should I say “novel”? It was basically an autobiographical accounting of the last days of my time in high school and a little while after in to the post-graduation era where I foundContinue reading “Small Change”
I Vote Yes! Or, I Vote, Yes!
Do you vote in political elections? I was an apathetic young person who didn’t think my vote mattered. So I never voted in any elections—until 1980 , when my college roommate, Peter Velz of Poughkeepsie, NY, turned me on to John Anderson. I became very excited by this independent’s candidacy. As I would later discover,Continue reading “I Vote Yes! Or, I Vote, Yes!”
MUSOFYR 