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Silent Spring

Posted on June 8, 2017 by carilynn27

Silent Spring Rachel Carson, 1962 Silent Spring begins with a “fable for tomorrow” – a true story using a composite of examples drawn from many real communities where the use of DDT had caused damage to wildlife, birds, bees, agricultural … Continue reading →

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Our Endangered Atmosphere

Posted on June 7, 2017 by carilynn27

Our Endangered Atmosphere Gary E McCuen, 1987 Several major scientific reports have been published on this issues. The Department of Energy Review, NASA and several foreign agencies agree. Greenhouse warming of 3 to 8 degrees is expected for the doubling … Continue reading →

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Posted in Biology, Culture, Environment, Politics/Economics, Science/Philosophy | Tagged 1984, 1987, carbon dioxide, Carl Wursch, CFCs, Chemicals, Climate Change, CO2, constitutional rights, Cost and Benefit, Damage, Danger, Deforestation, driving toward the edge of a cliff, environmental, Environmentalism, EPA, estimate, evaluate, Evidence, expand, Future Generations, Gary E McCuen, gases, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gases, Groups, Human Condition, Ice Melting, Ideas in Conflict, immune system suppression, International Leadership, Man, methane, modification, NASA, Oceans Rise, Optimism, ore-industrial, Our Endangered Atmosphere, Ozone Depletion, Panic, Pessimism, post-industrial, Re-Forestation, Reduction, Research, reverse damage, Risk, scenarios, Senate House Committee, Series, Skin Cancer, society, Stephen P Leatherman, Strategies for Mitigating The Effects of Global Warming, study, support, Temperature Increase, The Department of Energy Review, The National Academy of Sciences, Thomas F Malone, Tropical Rain Forests, United States, Wallace S Brocka, World | Leave a comment

The Age of American Unreason

Posted on April 20, 2017 by carilynn27

The Age of American Unreason By Susan Jacoby, 2009 Jacoby writes about anti-intellectualism in America. She was inspired by the book Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter, which was published in 1963. Jacoby points out that more than half … Continue reading →

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Posted in Culture, History, Literary Criticism, Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV, Pedagogy, Politics/Economics, Religion, Science/Philosophy | Tagged 1800s, 1960s, Alan Bloom, America, Ann Coulter, Anti-Intellectual, Benjamin Franklin, Bible, Book of the Month Club, Bush, Campus Crusades, Cheap Books, Christianity, Clinton, College, Common Sense, Communisim, Communist, Cristina Hoff Summer, Culture, Debate, Democrat, Don Imus, Dumbed Down, English Language, Founding Fathers, Government, Guilded Age, High Brow, Internet, Junk Media, Junk Science, Learning, Lectures, Left Wing, liberal, Literacy, Low Brow, Middle Brow, Nixon, Patriotic, Pop Culture, President, Protests, Publishers, Reason, Regan, Republican, Richard Dawkins, Richard Hofstadter, right wing, Russia, Science Versus Religion, Seperation of Church and State, Socialism, Socialist, Soviet Union, Television, The Closing of the American Mind, The Constitution, The Rights of Man, The Supreme Court, Thomas Paine, United States, Unpatriotic, Unreason, Vietnam War, Working Class | 1 Comment

Rogue One

Posted on December 22, 2016 by carilynn27

November 17, 2016 Rogue One Rogue One: A Star Wars Story came out on Wednesday. I took the kids to see it today. The film is considered to be 3.9 in the series in that it takes place after Revenge … Continue reading →

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Presidential Heritiage

Posted on October 5, 2011 by carilynn27

Presidential Heritage I’ve been posting articles about the role that my father’s family played in Mansfield’s history. But what you might not know is that my mother’s side of the family has played an important role in the US history … Continue reading →

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Posted in Genealogy, History | Tagged Bessie Adams Miller, Betty Hoak, Beverly Hoak, Braintree, Cari Lynn Gilkison, Cari Lynn Vaughn, Donald Hoak, Dwight Lee Lykins, E. Beryl Miller, Eli Adams, England, Ephraim Adams, Erastus Sheldon Adams, Faith Luella Miller, Federalist, Grace Miller, Harvey Miller, Henry Adams, Jack Hoak, Janalee Lykins, John Adams, John Gilkison, John Quincy Adams, Joseph Adams, Knights, Lucy Hubbard, Mable Miller, Margaret Eames, Martha Mason, Mary Sabrina Rader, Massachusetts, Ohio, President, Republican, Shelby, Sir John Adam, Steven Lykins, Thornton Hoak, United States, Whig, Willam Cooper Miller, Willard, William Miller | 3 Comments

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