When I was in high school and for the first three years in college, I had the idea that colonialism was beneficial to the colonists. In my fourth year in college there was criticism. In graduate school and later in life, I saw that it was exploitation. The attached article from Aljazeera tells the world how brutal…
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Talking to Rick Scott from the Lincoln Project – Ed O’Rourke
This 10 minute interview is interesting. The Lincoln Project has produced the most biting commercials that I have ever seen. Sincerely, Ed Where will the Republicans go from here? Interview with Rick Wilson | DW News Where will the Republicans go from here? Interview with Rick Wilson | DW News Where will the Republicans go from…
Happy Thanksgiving-Ed O’Rourke Nov 23, 2022, 12:51 PM
I thank all my relatives and friends who made a privileged life possible. Sometimes I have thanked people and sometimes I have not. Silvia and I plan to visit in spring, 2023. Some favorite plans still look much like they did in the late 1950s and early 1960s. When I go to Knox County, Atchison, Kerrville…
Climate Crisis – Worse Than I Thought – Ed O’Rourke
This 59 minute presentation convinced me that things are far worse than I thought. According to one individual in the video, there will be a 100 feet rise in ocean levels, even if carbon emissions were to stop on a dime and all the environment projects like saving the Amazon rainforest would start. When George W…