What a full week it was here in Northeast Ohio: Learning new editing techniques for the television productions I am working on, a wonderful lunch with a charming older man, life lessons offered by my senior adult classes, and tomorrow our son John's recital in Columbus. I keep in prayer all those who are in the midst of that blizzard along the coast - especially those who had no shelter (I can't even imagine). Here is a fascinating collection of pieces for this Week's Round-up.
Ignorance about Education (Huffington Post)
What is the Big Deal about Fracking? This. This is the Big Deal. (MoveOn.org)
Dumping of Toxic Fracking Wastewater Reaffirms Natural Gas Industry Free-For-All in Ohio (EcoWatch.org)
How Wine Tasting is More - or Less - of a Scam Than You Thought (Pacific Standard)
Six Baffling Discoveries that Science Cannot Explain (Collective Evolution)
Drones and Democracy (Bill Moyers)
Drone Watch: 6 Reasons to Stop Killing By Drones (sojo.net)
King Richard's Bones Are In The Parking Lot (NY TImes)
People of Timbuktu Save Manuscripts from Invaders (Yahoonews.com)
Let the Kid Study Music, Already (Denver Post)
30 Famous People Who Once Were in Marching Bands (Ranker.com)
Are Those Pictures Really Mozart? (NY Times)
Top 10 Skills Our Children Learn from the Arts (Washington Post)
Remembering Pioneer American Conductor James DePriest (Deceptive Cadence)
Priest Is Planning to Defy Vatican's Orders to Stay Quiet (NY Times)
Losing Our Religion: What Cultural Changes Prompted this Collective Disbelief? (UrbanCusp.com)
The Mysteriously Memorable 20's: Why do we remember more from young adulthood than any other time in our lives? (slate.com)
The Boys at the Back (NY Times)
21 Things Waiters Dread (Buzzfeed.com)
First World Problems Read By Third World People (WaterisLife.com)
The Most Riveting Performance of History You Will See This Month (LiberalsUnite.com)
Do You Ignore Homeless Persons? People May Say They Want To Help the Homeless, But Their Behavior Reveals Something Else (AlterNet.com)
Love One Another - Brian
I was really affected by "Losing our Religion". The young people interviewed were so well spoken and I can relate to what they were saying. Afterwards, I was quite shocked to realize that perhaps I too am becoming a secular slowly over time. Is the next step atheism in our cultural slide? It is increasingly difficult to retain balance between how fast our societal norms are changing and how little the old way we worship and relate it to our lives fits. I believe but need much more conversation and support around these changes.
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