Daily Archives: September 20, 2009

Mission Accomplished – Faith In Our Citizens Restored

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Follow this link to a letter to the editor of the Worcester Telegram and Gazette. The author of the letter begins:

The results of the Telegram & Gazette poll regarding public opinion of President Barack Obama’s education address restored some of my faith in our citizens. In the poll, about 86 percent said they thought people were going too far in protesting the president’s speech being broadcast to schoolchildren. Only 14 percent said that the country has not gone too far when parents don’t want kids to hear the president talk on TV about education.

I like to think my publishing of these results in the previous blog post, Preventing People From Hearing The President, had some benefit.

Recently Sharon and I were pondering the choices we have made on where to live since we have been married.  The most favorable spin I could put on it is that we have been on a 40 year mission to live among the badly informed and try to bring the truth to our neighbors.  I guess it runs in the family.

Michael Sandel: Justice-What’s the Right Thing to Do?

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Two years ago, Michael Sandel (Harvard Professor of Government) offered an online course to Harvard alumni.  The course was called “Justice” and it was superb.

Our local PBS station (WGBH) is televising a series by Professor Sandel titled Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?
The series begins in Boston on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009.
For televising on PBS, 50 minute classes are cut to 30 minutes each and two classes are shown each Sunday.

If this series is televised in your area, I strongly recommend it to you.

UPDATE 26 Sept 2009: The New York Times has an article on the series:
Morals Class is Starting; Please Pass the Popcorn.