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The following lightly edited commentary aired on Prison Radio August 17. With the dramatic fall of Kabul, through the forces of the Taliban, the alligator tears of the political class are falling, decrying the costs of U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. What has been thoroughly forgotten, however, is the unprecedented mass…
Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: We're joined now by a guest who knows firsthand why this rescue and recovery effort and the investigations are so painstakingly slow. Robert Jensen is a disaster management expert who dealt with the aftermath of 9/11, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the Grenfell Tower fire in the United Kingdom among many other mass casualty events. Welcome to WEEKEND EDITION. ROBERT JENSEN: Thank you. GARCIA-NAVARRO: First, your reaction to this collapse - is there a precedent for something like this in the United States? ...
Opinion, Review Opinion Advocates for ideas and draws conclusions based on the author/producer’s interpretation of facts and data. Review An assessment or critique of a service, product, or creative endeavor such as art, literature or a performance. The Dangers of White Male Supremacy I’m a natural to review Ijeoma Oluo’s new book, Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America (Seal Press, 2020). I am White, male, American, and when I taught at the University of Texas at Austin, I routinely joked that “the secret to my success is that I’m mediocre, and I know it.”
A landowner who is stuck between a rock and a hard placeâactually between unbuildable acreage and a historic ox pathâcame to the zoning board of appeals this week hoping for relief. Specifically, landowner Cary Casoli was seeking a variance from the ZBA that would allow him to separate a 7-acre piece of property on Route 6A into two lots. Although it seemed like a simple request, the situation was far more complicated, Mr. Casoliâs attorney, Benjamin J. Losordo, told the ZBA members on Tuesday, May 25. Two parcels, 209 Route 6A and 0 Route 6A, were merged in 2014 when Justice R...
Two new books share the life stories from Wes Jackson, a Salina-based scientist, author and visionary founder of The Land Institute, a leader in the international sustainable agriculture movement.