@judyandre.bsky.social
Philosopher. Retired. But the world remains so interesting.
There's always a little hope.https://stillwondering.substack.com/p/note-voiceless-in-yellowstone
June 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
There's always a little hope.https://stillwondering.substack.com/p/note-voiceless-in-yellowstone
“There is no room in Augustine’s concept of authority for one who is self-seeking and in search of power over others,” Leo XIV wrote in his doctoral dissertation.
Another reason that business success is irrelevant to success in public office.
Another reason that business success is irrelevant to success in public office.
May 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
“There is no room in Augustine’s concept of authority for one who is self-seeking and in search of power over others,” Leo XIV wrote in his doctoral dissertation.
Another reason that business success is irrelevant to success in public office.
Another reason that business success is irrelevant to success in public office.
Trump now defies the Supreme Court. Only Congress can stop him. Find the Republicans in Congress who have the courage to speak out. Write them. I tell them (truthfully) that I'm an independent on the left who supports - with $ - those who choose country over party.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
An influential GOP senator is contradicting Trump’s team — and getting away with it
The Senate Armed Services Chair has found a way to appease the president and push back on the administration.
www.politico.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Trump now defies the Supreme Court. Only Congress can stop him. Find the Republicans in Congress who have the courage to speak out. Write them. I tell them (truthfully) that I'm an independent on the left who supports - with $ - those who choose country over party.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Havel: "the line between good and evil runs through each person". Totalitarianism succeeds by making everyone complicit.
Fascism comes disguised as patriotism, as tradition, as protection.
American academic purges began long before McCarthy.
historycanthide.substack.com/p/my-yale-pr...
Fascism comes disguised as patriotism, as tradition, as protection.
American academic purges began long before McCarthy.
historycanthide.substack.com/p/my-yale-pr...
My Yale Professor Just Fled America to Escape Trump
Marci Shore taught me how to recognize authoritarianism. Now she's recognized it in Trump's America—and she's gone.
historycanthide.substack.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Havel: "the line between good and evil runs through each person". Totalitarianism succeeds by making everyone complicit.
Fascism comes disguised as patriotism, as tradition, as protection.
American academic purges began long before McCarthy.
historycanthide.substack.com/p/my-yale-pr...
Fascism comes disguised as patriotism, as tradition, as protection.
American academic purges began long before McCarthy.
historycanthide.substack.com/p/my-yale-pr...
On April 2 all state humanities councils were told that all awarded grants were canceled effective April 1. These grants had already been awarded, and money for them appropriated by Congress. Hits to museums, historical sites, scholars, etc. www.statehumanities.org/action-alert...
Action Alert: NEH Targeted by DOGE - Federation of State Humanities Councils
Save Our Humanities Councils: DOGE Cuts to NEH will Damage Cultural Organizations in Every State April 3, 2025 – UPDATE Late last night, Wednesday, April 2, all humanities councils received … Read mor...
www.statehumanities.org
April 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
On April 2 all state humanities councils were told that all awarded grants were canceled effective April 1. These grants had already been awarded, and money for them appropriated by Congress. Hits to museums, historical sites, scholars, etc. www.statehumanities.org/action-alert...
As I wrote last week, punishing universities in the name of protecting Jews will instead endanger them. Prof Jason Stanley, a Jew and historian of fascism, puts it more strongly: The president is setting Jews up, presenting them as an excuse for taking down democracy. www.npr.org/2025/04/01/n...
Why this Yale professor is fleeing America
NPR's A Martinez asks Yale University philosophy professor Jason Stanley, an expert on fascism, about his decision to leave the U.S. and accept a position teaching American studies in Canada.
www.npr.org
April 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
As I wrote last week, punishing universities in the name of protecting Jews will instead endanger them. Prof Jason Stanley, a Jew and historian of fascism, puts it more strongly: The president is setting Jews up, presenting them as an excuse for taking down democracy. www.npr.org/2025/04/01/n...
The Supreme Court is making decisions I find deeply unwelcome - e.g., its decision about presidential immunity.
But the legal theory that lies beneath has a respectable history and needs to be answered, not just dismissed in contempt.
So here goes! 15 minutes. Dig in.
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
But the legal theory that lies beneath has a respectable history and needs to be answered, not just dismissed in contempt.
So here goes! 15 minutes. Dig in.
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
Did the unitary executive theory pave the way for President Trump's second term?
www.npr.org
March 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The Supreme Court is making decisions I find deeply unwelcome - e.g., its decision about presidential immunity.
But the legal theory that lies beneath has a respectable history and needs to be answered, not just dismissed in contempt.
So here goes! 15 minutes. Dig in.
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
But the legal theory that lies beneath has a respectable history and needs to be answered, not just dismissed in contempt.
So here goes! 15 minutes. Dig in.
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
It was bound to happen. One result of Trump’s actions is good, and important. Europe is sheddingits dependence on the US. The world, and we, will be better off with a third superpower. Especially because the new addition shares our values.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/is-the-sle...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/is-the-sle...
Is the Sleeping Giant Awakening?
Europe is a superpower, if it wants to be
paulkrugman.substack.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
It was bound to happen. One result of Trump’s actions is good, and important. Europe is sheddingits dependence on the US. The world, and we, will be better off with a third superpower. Especially because the new addition shares our values.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/is-the-sle...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/is-the-sle...
Through Apple News I'm getting limited access to WSJ. Worth having -- first, for access to the GOP point of view, in a thoughtful form.
Then, for occasional hope. Today's Editorial Board says Trump can't defy court orders. Another op-ed defends Voice of America against DOGE.
Then, for occasional hope. Today's Editorial Board says Trump can't defy court orders. Another op-ed defends Voice of America against DOGE.
March 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Through Apple News I'm getting limited access to WSJ. Worth having -- first, for access to the GOP point of view, in a thoughtful form.
Then, for occasional hope. Today's Editorial Board says Trump can't defy court orders. Another op-ed defends Voice of America against DOGE.
Then, for occasional hope. Today's Editorial Board says Trump can't defy court orders. Another op-ed defends Voice of America against DOGE.
In case you missed it:
85% of CEOs say that this is the strongest economy not only in their lifetime but that the Biden economy was the strongest in American history, and the strongest in the world.
Unemployment hadn't been so low since 1968. www.npr.org/transcripts/...
85% of CEOs say that this is the strongest economy not only in their lifetime but that the Biden economy was the strongest in American history, and the strongest in the world.
Unemployment hadn't been so low since 1968. www.npr.org/transcripts/...
How business executives are feeling about economic uncertainties and whiplash
NPR's A Martinez speaks with Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, an associate dean at the Yale School of Management, about how business executives are coping amid economic policy whiplash.
www.npr.org
March 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
In case you missed it:
85% of CEOs say that this is the strongest economy not only in their lifetime but that the Biden economy was the strongest in American history, and the strongest in the world.
Unemployment hadn't been so low since 1968. www.npr.org/transcripts/...
85% of CEOs say that this is the strongest economy not only in their lifetime but that the Biden economy was the strongest in American history, and the strongest in the world.
Unemployment hadn't been so low since 1968. www.npr.org/transcripts/...
@bsky.app "‘Nobody understood the devastation this administration would do to our lives," said one supporter. She would not have supported Trump if she knew then what she knows now.
Steve Bannon (!) has all but mounted billboards calling for Musk’s ouster.
jimacosta.substack.com/p/the-great-...
Steve Bannon (!) has all but mounted billboards calling for Musk’s ouster.
jimacosta.substack.com/p/the-great-...
The Great American Pushback Has Begun
Patriotic citizens are only beginning to battle against Trump's extreme agenda.
jimacosta.substack.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
@bsky.app "‘Nobody understood the devastation this administration would do to our lives," said one supporter. She would not have supported Trump if she knew then what she knows now.
Steve Bannon (!) has all but mounted billboards calling for Musk’s ouster.
jimacosta.substack.com/p/the-great-...
Steve Bannon (!) has all but mounted billboards calling for Musk’s ouster.
jimacosta.substack.com/p/the-great-...
@bsky.app Trying to find my interest-earned statement for tax purposes, I spent five fruitless minutes with the credit union's robotic "chat" feature. No luck.
So I asked ChatGPT: 30 seconds, success.
Brave new world.
So I asked ChatGPT: 30 seconds, success.
Brave new world.
March 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
@bsky.app Trying to find my interest-earned statement for tax purposes, I spent five fruitless minutes with the credit union's robotic "chat" feature. No luck.
So I asked ChatGPT: 30 seconds, success.
Brave new world.
So I asked ChatGPT: 30 seconds, success.
Brave new world.
@bsky.app
They're so near to us, and so ignored. What a waste. Forget maple syrup. Here's what Canada does better:
-- smarter immigration
-- universal health care
-- cheap, high quality child are
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
They're so near to us, and so ignored. What a waste. Forget maple syrup. Here's what Canada does better:
-- smarter immigration
-- universal health care
-- cheap, high quality child are
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
A Canadian economist has suggestions to repair U.S.-Canada relations
It's safe to say the relationship between the U.S. and Canada is at a low point. We look at how the two countries are already linked and what the U.S. could learn from its neighbor to the north.
www.npr.org
March 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
@bsky.app
They're so near to us, and so ignored. What a waste. Forget maple syrup. Here's what Canada does better:
-- smarter immigration
-- universal health care
-- cheap, high quality child are
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
They're so near to us, and so ignored. What a waste. Forget maple syrup. Here's what Canada does better:
-- smarter immigration
-- universal health care
-- cheap, high quality child are
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
@bsky.app
When I lived briefly in S. Korea, I noticed that when people handed things to me, they used both hands. A gesture of respect toward anyone older.
Today a Vietnamese tailor handed me my trimmed clothing with both hands. "Is your custom was the same?" Yes. A lovely custom.
When I lived briefly in S. Korea, I noticed that when people handed things to me, they used both hands. A gesture of respect toward anyone older.
Today a Vietnamese tailor handed me my trimmed clothing with both hands. "Is your custom was the same?" Yes. A lovely custom.
March 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
@bsky.app
When I lived briefly in S. Korea, I noticed that when people handed things to me, they used both hands. A gesture of respect toward anyone older.
Today a Vietnamese tailor handed me my trimmed clothing with both hands. "Is your custom was the same?" Yes. A lovely custom.
When I lived briefly in S. Korea, I noticed that when people handed things to me, they used both hands. A gesture of respect toward anyone older.
Today a Vietnamese tailor handed me my trimmed clothing with both hands. "Is your custom was the same?" Yes. A lovely custom.
indivisible.org is a progressive group organizing against the Trump's demolition derby. It's organized by Congressional districts; in mine, it's pressing our GOP representative to hold a town hall. He won't, of course. But he won by a fraction of a percent, and we hope he's worried. Check it out.
Homepage
indivisible.org
March 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
indivisible.org is a progressive group organizing against the Trump's demolition derby. It's organized by Congressional districts; in mine, it's pressing our GOP representative to hold a town hall. He won't, of course. But he won by a fraction of a percent, and we hope he's worried. Check it out.
@bsky.app Not much notice, but I'll (not)do what I can. Buy nothing from midnight tonight through 11:59pm tomorrow, Feb 28.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkvw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkvw...
Group plans 24 hour U.S. economic boycott
YouTube video by CityNews
www.youtube.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
@bsky.app Not much notice, but I'll (not)do what I can. Buy nothing from midnight tonight through 11:59pm tomorrow, Feb 28.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkvw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkvw...
@bsky.app I stood up yesterday, outside my congressman's Today I read that Americans everywhere are standing up, showing up, resisting. I’m buoyed.
The Contrarian: Journalists who left WaPo after it began censoring criticism of Trump/Musk. substack.com/inbox/post/1...
The Contrarian: Journalists who left WaPo after it began censoring criticism of Trump/Musk. substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Evening Roundup: Americans Are Standing Up
Featuring We The People; Jen Rubin in conversation with Adam Kinzinger; Jeff Nesbit; Steve Vladeck; and Jamie Riley
substack.com
February 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
@bsky.app I stood up yesterday, outside my congressman's Today I read that Americans everywhere are standing up, showing up, resisting. I’m buoyed.
The Contrarian: Journalists who left WaPo after it began censoring criticism of Trump/Musk. substack.com/inbox/post/1...
The Contrarian: Journalists who left WaPo after it began censoring criticism of Trump/Musk. substack.com/inbox/post/1...
It's a mistake to think that all evils can be placed on a single line from least to worst. Instead, moral space is multi-dimensional.
stillwondering.substack.com/p/was-it-gen...
stillwondering.substack.com/p/was-it-gen...
Was It Genocide?
That's the wrong question.
stillwondering.substack.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It's a mistake to think that all evils can be placed on a single line from least to worst. Instead, moral space is multi-dimensional.
stillwondering.substack.com/p/was-it-gen...
stillwondering.substack.com/p/was-it-gen...
The Great Lakes contain 90% of our surface fresh water. Sea lamprey invasion has been an ecological disaster. Trump's mass firings removed dozens of workers focused on lamprey control.
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
Trump firings hit Great Lakes sea lamprey program, Michigan forestry workers | Bridge Michigan
Fish and wildlife officials tasked with holding back a species that would otherwise decimate the Great Lakes fishery were among those caught up in a mass purge of federal workers. Dozens, if not hundr...
www.bridgemi.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The Great Lakes contain 90% of our surface fresh water. Sea lamprey invasion has been an ecological disaster. Trump's mass firings removed dozens of workers focused on lamprey control.
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
About 1/4 of all trade between the U.S. and Canada happens over the Ambassador Bridge linking Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit. The two cities are closely linked both culturally and economically. The prospect of tariffs terrifies both.
www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/stat...
www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/stat...
Stateside Podcast: Detroit and Windsor, a tale of two cities
Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens said that closeness between Detroit and Windsor is what makes the threat of a trade war so jarring.
www.michiganpublic.org
February 22, 2025 at 2:39 AM
About 1/4 of all trade between the U.S. and Canada happens over the Ambassador Bridge linking Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit. The two cities are closely linked both culturally and economically. The prospect of tariffs terrifies both.
www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/stat...
www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/stat...