Pip's Quips & Ponderings

WE WHO BELIEVE IN FREEDOM

Philip Rhoads — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 19:55:13 GMT

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The Weariness

Philip Rhoads — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 20:33:24 GMT

Quarantine Essay #46 by Ric Hudgens, June 13, 2020

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Shifting Paradigms

Philip Rhoads — Sat, 13 Jun 2020 19:56:21 GMT

Quarantine Essay #45 by Ric Hudgens, June 12, 2020

One World, One Health, One Safety

Philip Rhoads — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 20:45:40 GMT

Quarantine Essay #43 by Ric Hudgens, June 9, 2020.

Episode 6, 8/6/19: Gun Control (B-6)

Philip Rhoads — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 18:02:38 GMT

A spectator shouts at Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, "Do something," at a vigil in Dayton, Ohio, on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019 (Photo: Albert Cesare)

With two mass shootings in less than 24 hours — Saturday morning in El Paso, TX, and early Sunday morning in Dayton — have we reached a tipping point? Is the NRA still strong enough, can the mantra of "good guys with guns" still sound convincing, or has public opinion changed enough to make the President stop stoking hate and fear at his rallies, and stop blaming violent video games and mental health, and force the Senate to bring the House-passed bills to the floor?

Let's talk about gun control . . .

Episode 5, 7/26/19: Climate Change (item A-1 from my revised list)

Philip Rhoads — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 22:32:30 GMT

Climate Change, to me, is the most IMPORTANT of all our issues. Greta Thunberg's interview today on WBUR’s “Here and Now,” along with an important article in The Guardian, 25th of July, 2019, have inspired me to finally get around to thinking more in depth on this. Let's be in conversation via email: pip4311@gmail.com.

Impeachment?

Philip Rhoads — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 20:38:08 GMT

Let’s talk about Impeachment, and consider if this still a Distraction, as Nancy Pelosi and moderate Democrats might argue, or is it Important — so important and so urgent that risking losing marginal Democratic seats in 2020, such as the Kansas-3rd District, where I live, or even, worst case, losing to Trump for a second term — the principle of Checks and Balances in our Constitution requires the Legislature — our House of Representatives — when dominated by the opposition, to hold the Executive to account for “high crimes and misdemeanors.” That is the position of Sen. Elizabeth Warren and about 40% of the House Democrats.

Shutdown

Philip Rhoads — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 01:00:00 GMT

December 22, 2018, through January 25, 2019

WWI Armistice, 1918.11.11

Philip Rhoads — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 01:00:00 GMT

"Prayer for the Children"

Pip's Intro

Philip Rhoads — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 01:00:00 GMT

Introducing the concepts of "Important" and "Distractions."

Distractions:

shut down\

wall\

impeachment\

democracy\

authoritarianism\

gun control\

STEM/STEAM.

Important:

climate change\

income inequality\

humanities/liberal arts\

empathy: pro-social not anti-social policies\

mental health\

nuclear weapons/nuclear energy/nuclear waste\

community building.