tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.comments2023-04-10T04:25:40.802-04:00The Bowed BookshelfTrishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00246455872244287099noreply@blogger.comBlogger252125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-86842730504163309302017-09-17T18:02:12.885-04:002017-09-17T18:02:12.885-04:00Actually while girls outperform boys high school i...Actually while girls outperform boys high school in STEM course grades boys slightly outdo girls in SAT Math scores, thereby getting more Merit scholarships than girls. The Office of Civil Rights sued over this but nothing changed. Also, even with higher grades STEM-achieving girls in High School rarely, still, take up STEM majors in college (showing, as the famous Catherine McKinnon wondered, Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05996989510545159788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-56098873013645707592017-09-10T08:42:36.331-04:002017-09-10T08:42:36.331-04:00Yes, Snyder did a good job making us think.Yes, Snyder did a good job making us think.Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00246455872244287099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-41625904529250349442017-09-09T23:19:49.275-04:002017-09-09T23:19:49.275-04:00I listened to this one and it's been a while, ...I listened to this one and it's been a while, but I remember it packed a big punch in such a small book. Gwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16890023141515213059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-48167038739973602832017-08-21T14:43:23.117-04:002017-08-21T14:43:23.117-04:00David, I saw your comment late, after I had checke...David, I saw your comment late, after I had checked out a map and decided Eastern West Bank was not self-evident in Hirschhorn's use of it. Therefore I removed that reference from my comments. <br /><br />But, in answer to your question, in my opinion, if we were talking about Jewish settlements in the West Bank, you would live in Eastern West Bank. Just my opinion.Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00246455872244287099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-92125509041861860182017-08-21T14:29:58.080-04:002017-08-21T14:29:58.080-04:00Thanks for your comment. The notion of land owners...Thanks for your comment. The notion of land ownership in the Middle East is difficult, which is why it is a muddle there, perhaps. Folks did the best they could (lets assume all motivations were pure, as Hirschhorn does), but now we are seeing/feeling the grate of differing viewpoints & ideologies. Some adjustments must be made. <br /><br />Perhaps, as I have seen argued (<a href="http://Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00246455872244287099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-43802491537085322412017-08-21T13:50:05.820-04:002017-08-21T13:50:05.820-04:00Let's recall that the first member of the Hash...Let's recall that the first member of the Hashemite family, which rules Jordan, arrived in the country only in November 1920 (the family was finally thrown out of Saudi Arabia in 1924). That was Abdallah, brother of Faisal (portrayed by Peter O'Toole, if that helps) and great-grandfather of the current King, who sought to threaten the French to reinstate his brother on the throne in YMedadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333122797414935958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-87000938823067611802017-08-21T13:32:12.372-04:002017-08-21T13:32:12.372-04:00Trish,
Thanks for your reply. I happen to live a...Trish, <br /><br />Thanks for your reply. I happen to live about 35 KM west of the Jordan River. Would my home be considered in the eastern west bank or in the western west bank? Thanks for your help. haivrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497096679274863157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-47162193874941628342017-08-21T12:01:36.805-04:002017-08-21T12:01:36.805-04:00Thanks, David. I understand your confusion, especi...Thanks, David. I understand your confusion, especially since I noticed my spell-checker had auto-corrected one 'West' bank into 'East' bank. Eastern West Bank, however, is a term used by Hirschhorn to describe an area of land, which seems pretty self-explanatory to me, river or no. But I take your point. <br /><br />Re the Saudi Hashimites and influence from British/American Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00246455872244287099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-37825678585077734992017-08-21T11:38:48.667-04:002017-08-21T11:38:48.667-04:00This is getting pretty confusing what exactly is a...This is getting pretty confusing what exactly is an "eastern west bank"? Is it common theory in geography for a river bank to have a western west bank and and eastern wast bank? I imagine that the same would work on the east bank. So how would you define the location of Amman, the capital of the Hashamite kingdom of the east bank of the Jordan River. Would Amman be considered in the haivrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497096679274863157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-43586862208104721942017-08-06T20:18:46.328-04:002017-08-06T20:18:46.328-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05996989510545159788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-3059682476268421182017-08-06T19:50:07.287-04:002017-08-06T19:50:07.287-04:00In the context of what Haidt is discussing, moral ...In the context of what Haidt is discussing, moral matrices, and social capital, I think you might need to marshal some larger arguments to dispute him. You can probably do so on the website he and his team have constructed to measure morals and show results: <a href="http://www.yourmorals.org/" rel="nofollow">yourmorals.org</a><br /><br />Haidt is pleased to call himself a liberal, so it is Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00246455872244287099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-2211789607342797352017-08-06T18:39:16.937-04:002017-08-06T18:39:16.937-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05996989510545159788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-58812414649902711672017-06-25T10:01:43.564-04:002017-06-25T10:01:43.564-04:00Probably best not to assume too much until you'...Probably best not to assume too much until you've read this material. MacLean does not make an argument about the word freedom. That's me. She merely mentions how the word is used by the far right. <a href="http://bit.ly/2rJlWEK" rel="nofollow">Arlie Hochschild</a> may have used the phrases 'freedom to' and 'freedom from' which I subsequently used in this review. Again, Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00246455872244287099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-55839631381023398762017-06-25T09:34:52.624-04:002017-06-25T09:34:52.624-04:00Thank you. I'd assumed Lakoff had returned he...Thank you. I'd assumed Lakoff had returned here to his ideas in his earlier "Whose Freedom?" where he'd come your conclusion about the trap of what he calls the "freedom frame" in political discourse. I have MacLean's book now and good to know that is part of her argument. Her title is apt, isn't it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05996989510545159788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-14290719385624149372017-06-24T22:43:59.969-04:002017-06-24T22:43:59.969-04:00Actually, the "freedom" thing is not in ...Actually, the "freedom" thing is not in Lakoff's book. That is me, but the idea about the far right claiming the concept and word "freedom" came to me while reading Nancy MacLean's new book <a href="http://bit.ly/2rBpaKn" rel="nofollow">Democracy in Chains</a>. Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00246455872244287099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-74696686703201239822017-06-24T22:03:38.064-04:002017-06-24T22:03:38.064-04:00Thanks for this! Shared on Twitter & Facebook...Thanks for this! Shared on Twitter & Facebook. I've used Lakoff's ideas for a long time. He takes the two types of liberty that Isiah Berlin defines as "freedom to" versus "freedom from" in Fox and the Hedgehog and applies it to political psychology.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05996989510545159788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-61324750475441731622017-06-20T19:21:44.848-04:002017-06-20T19:21:44.848-04:00I would add we need to level school funding on a n...I would add we need to level school funding on a national scale, too, to ensure the country does not continue to essentially write off 20 or 30 percent of our young people. And by leveling, I mean raise it up, not lower it. It does a brilliant, talented teen little good to get rid of legacy admissions and base acceptance to college on "merit" (however defined) alone if they went to a Zakariah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751075547005542773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-32313397608148724132017-06-20T17:24:10.819-04:002017-06-20T17:24:10.819-04:00Legacy admissions are "White people's Aff...Legacy admissions are "White people's Affirmative Action." Val reported he'd had a child at long last and shortly after was contacted and Lela got a letter *at age 3* hoping she'd consider applying to Yale like her father. :-( Considerably more unjust than any arguments against "regular" Affirmative Action, IMHO. Good he notes about teachers - a huge problem of &Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05996989510545159788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-396648225002127252017-05-10T17:44:23.969-04:002017-05-10T17:44:23.969-04:00Good review. thanks.Good review. thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-35787747551464292252017-04-18T10:12:16.134-04:002017-04-18T10:12:16.134-04:00So glad you will take a look at this. This is the ...So glad you will take a look at this. This is the history we missed as youngsters, and that is so terribly important to show us what not to do, but also to show us how far we have come.<br /><br />Heard the interview with Fresh Air and am pleased they spent the entire segment on this one book. There is lots to unpack.Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00246455872244287099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-79798709483078514352017-04-18T09:57:54.375-04:002017-04-18T09:57:54.375-04:00This is the kind of book that shows me I still hav...This is the kind of book that shows me I still haven't lost the ability to be shocked, and that my ignorance of the methods of racial suppression in this country remain vast. Definitely going to read this one.<br /><br />Btw, great <a href="http://www.npr.org/books/titles/523348082/killers-of-the-flower-moon-the-osage-murders-and-the-birth-of-the-fbi" rel="nofollow">Fresh Air interview with Zakariah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751075547005542773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-78831115865600875902017-03-29T15:02:03.100-04:002017-03-29T15:02:03.100-04:00Great point. The more mundane degradations of slav...Great point. The more mundane degradations of slavery are easy to overlook.Zakariah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751075547005542773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-23396286764220073732017-03-28T19:38:21.121-04:002017-03-28T19:38:21.121-04:00There is no doubt that slavery held many terrors, ...There is no doubt that slavery held many terrors, not the least of which was masters' perceived ownership of every facet of a slave's life. Just the fact that Washington never clued in to Ona's reason for leaving--that she was never taught religious instruction or to read in all her years with them--Washington continued to think of her as the "child" he raised rather than asTrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00246455872244287099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-30590521490924981072017-03-28T19:20:17.090-04:002017-03-28T19:20:17.090-04:00"Dunbar describes the calculation a nubile sl..."Dunbar describes the calculation a nubile slave would make when contemplating being passed to an owner with a history of sexual interest in colored women." Sadly enough, it was probably THE calculation made by enslaved women on a daily basis. <br /><br />This is one of those things I find particularly galling about those who seek to romanticize the antebellum lifestyle of the Zakariah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751075547005542773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439821336238477882.post-55074089539988298432017-03-11T07:26:00.025-05:002017-03-11T07:26:00.025-05:00And, by the way, NH has its own gerrymander proble...And, by the way, NH has its own gerrymander problem that is affecting voting.Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00246455872244287099noreply@blogger.com