I just ordered that one + Player Piano. Got the Sinclair Lewis book that @swampbabe suggested, as well as Farenheit. Summer reading otw!
Literature is a huge part of our community's legacy beginning with the former editor of the local high school newspaper, Ernest Hemingway, so the library is very much the cultural center of the village. Other prominent literary figures who resided here include Edgar Rice Burroughs, Richard Bach, Steven Leavitt (Freakonomics), Charles MacArthur (won academy award for adapting Wuthering Heights) and US Poet Laureate Charles Simic. David Axelrod lived here until recently. Read somewhere that we have the highest percentage of library card holders in the US. Sounds made up to me. I don't buy books online or from chain stores. Too many independent bookstores to support. My faves are The Book Table here in Oak Park, Myopic Books and Quimby's in the Wicker Park neighborhood, City Lit in Logan Square and Roscoe Books in Roscoe Village. These are all worth visiting if you're up here. The Harold Washington Library is also worth a visit.
Here's an article about it. The deep state is mandating 10 Commandments posters in every classroom - purportedly to "remind students across Texas of the importance of the fundamental foundation of America." LOL. I guess the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution aren't good enough for them? it is interesting that they think killing, adultery, and lusting after wives and manservants are appropriate topics for elementary school kids. But I'm sure this will really cut down on all the problems Texas is facing with graven images. Texas Senate Approves Bill Requiring 10 Commandments in School – Rolling Stone *** The legislative body approved a bill on Thursday that wouldn’t just permit the state’s public schools to display the 10 Commandments; it would require them to do so and to do so prominently. *** This isn’t the first time conservative legislatures have tried to force the 10 Commandments into school, which has been in light of a 1980 Supreme Court ruling that struck down a Kentucky law requiring schools to display the 10 Commandments. The Supreme Court ruled that the law violated the Lemon Test, which was established as a result of the 1971 ruling in Lemon v. Kurtzmann. The three-part test has since been used to determine whether a law violates the part of the Constitution laying out the separation of church and state. But the Supreme Court overruled the Lemon Test last year when it ruled in favor of a Washington state football coach fired after leading students in prayer on the field. Sen. King cited the ruling as he touted Senate Bill 1515 earlier this month. “[The bill] will remind students across Texas of the importance of the fundamental foundation of America,” he said during a hearing. The Texas Senate also approved a bill that would require schools to set aside time for prayer. “I believe that you cannot change the culture of the country until you change the culture of mankind,” Lt. Gov Dan Patrick said, according to The Texas Tribune. “Bringing the Ten Commandments and prayer back to our public schools will enable our students to become better Texans.”
Which version of the Decalogue? They don’t even know about the different versions. It’s not about that; it’s about demonstrating control.
Few of them young people with college degrees, especially young women. There will be a gradual exodus of Gen Z and millennial women from those states, mostly the best and brightest. Good luck finding teachers in Florida. My sister-in-law will teach her last class in Bay County next month. Niece just passed on a free ride to UF law school. She has no intention of ever living in Florida again.
Funny you say that because the version in the statute I pulled was different than some versions I have seen. Wasn't clear to me which they went with, and I didn't want to get sucked into that rabbit hole.
The official one that God favors is the one that Charlton Heston held up. Right up there with the Nicene Creed
The 10 Commandments are prominently displayed in the courtroom of the county I live in. They are on large scroll-looking plaques behind the judge that can be read from the back. #1-5 on the judges right and 6-10 on his left.
Expanding the graph to 1900 tends to smooth out the differences for the same reason the surface of the earth looks smooth from space. New Florida Estimates Show Nation’s Third-Largest State Reaching Historic Milestone. After decades of rapid population increase, Florida now is the nation’s fastest-growing state for the first time since 1957, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2022 population estimates released today. Bureau.Mar 15, 2023
Do you understand the elements of a line’s slope? Florida’s rate of change has not changed. People move there because it has an abundance of beach. No other reason. That chart proves it in spades. However to humor you… look at the last 4 years compared to recent history… YAWN.. nothing but the same.
and now Texas senate votes to eliminate tenure for all new hires. remains to be seen if the house passes a similar bill The Texas Senate Just Voted To Destroy Its Public Universities (msn.com) SB 18 would eliminate tenure only for newly hired professors and would allow a university system governing board to set up its own system of “tiered employment” for faculty, as long as professors receive an annual review.
Unfortunately to keep a modern audience you have to transcend paper and physical books into digital and perhaps the entire idea of 451 degrees is lost. The 2019 Michael B Jordan version from HBO was ok, but not compelling.
Do you know what 1.9% of 20,000,000+ is? It's about 1000 people every day. And that's of growth. People leave and die every day. Meanwhile the dark blue Meccas of Cali, New York and Illinois all had negative growth. And that was the statement. People are voting with their feet. It's true. It's the first time since 1957. When something occurs that hasn't happened in over 60 years it is probably significant. Whether it confirms your biases or not.
Other places with population decreases: North Dakota West Virginia Louisiana Mississippi It's not about politics.
