It’s hard for kids to get interested in century old debates without knowing all the context around them, but they might very well be interested in current day events. So why not start now and explain the events that got us here? War on terrorism? Sure, let’s teach it, and that leads us backward to a discussion of how the current state of affairs is the successor to the bipolar world that came apart in 1989. And that leads back to the Cold War, and that leads back to World War II, etc.
Categories: Life
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- April 28, 2003 – 10:48 am
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- By Michael Hanscom
Had a very pleasant weekend visiting Prairie’s friend Beth in Vancouver, WA, and Prairie’s mom in Woodland. It rained a lot Saturday, but Sunday was an absolutely gorgeous early summer day, and I got a few decent pictures — one of which is the newest entry to WüdiVisions.
Categories: Life
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- April 28, 2003 – 1:24 am
- Author:
- By Michael Hanscom
Prompted by Kasia (viaRobert), I realized that I don’t have any sort of ‘about me’ info here. Guess it’s time to rectify that, huh?
Categories: Life
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- April 26, 2003 – 12:51 am
- Author:
- By Michael Hanscom
Last weekend, when Miranda was visiting, she asked me, ‘what’s up with all the political stuff on your site lately?’ Well, Amy sums it up quite well — when this is the situation, I find it reprehensible for people not to care. To shrug their shoulders and turn away. To deem it ‘somebody else’s problem.’ It’s in times like these that we must pay attention, and do what we can to prevent things from getting any worse, and to right the wrongs already in practice.
Categories: Politics
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- April 25, 2003 – 11:33 pm
- Author:
- By Michael Hanscom
So — Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, and Virginia — what do you say we move into the 21st century and get the ERA passed?
Categories: Politics
- Published:
- April 25, 2003 – 11:03 pm
- Author:
- By Michael Hanscom
