@wrpatterson
PhD International Studies Humanist, Judoka Former Professor, Old Dominion University and Camp Community College Former Social Scientist, US Army Former Detective, Virginia Beach Police Dept Author: “Democratic Counterinsurgents” “Markets and Conflict”
If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
Edoras.
Maybe Dems also care about the lives of the people affected - both recipients of benefits and the patriotic Americans of USAID, America’s standing in the world, and our national security…in addition to politics. Strange concept I know.
Giraffes on the side of the road as I drove home yesterday.
I’ve been blocked on FB by actor William Zabka for pointing out his false claims that the government cancelled insurance in California. It was in fact the decision of private insurance companies who either raised their rates or cancelled policies in areas made higher risk due to climate change.
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The planet just broke another heat record in 2024 and we are still electing climate deniers.
"Earth breaks yearly heat record and lurches past dangerous warming threshold" by Seth Borenstein for the @apnews.com: www.wftv.com/news/world/e...
Exiled Mozambique leader returns after months of violence in bid for power
https://www.ft.com/content/ece9753c-9454-409e-9804-d2d4132cf335
In 2019 I gave an Inaugural Lecture for the Oxford Chair I’ve recently stepped down from: The Alfred Landecker Chair of Values and Public Policy. “Political Ideology of the 1930s: Lessons for the 2020s.” Was hoping by now it would be obsolete. Sadly not.
www.youtube.com/live/06hCYej...
My signed photo of Sean Astin. Goonies never die!
@booksky.bsky.social
At the Raina Museum in Madrid.
Jazz Festival Madrid 2024, The Cyrus Chestnut Trio
Great magic show! El Mago Pop in Madrid!
My latest article on the problem of evil is published with International Journal for Philosophy of Religion.
“The Problem of the Distribution of Evil and a Fluctuating Maximal God.”
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
