David Swanson: Obama OK on Israel Nuking Iran — AFTER the November 2012 Election

Evidence of War Lies Public Pre-War This Time By David Swanson WarIsACrime.org, 9 March 2012 When President George W. Bush was pretending to want to avoid a war on Iraq while constantly pushing laughably bad propaganda to get that war going, we had a feeling he was lying.  After all, he was a Republican.  But …

Yoda: Child-Driven Education, Convergence of Knowledge

How Children’s Toys Reflect What’s Next in Technology & Education, March 5, 2012, PRAGMATIC VISIONS | by Jim Brazell  [Editor’s note: This is the first in a new column series from the pragmatic visionaries at the Thornburg Center for Professional Development for edtech digest] “The availability of technologies to youth is its own instructor.” –Nobelist …

Marcus Aurelius: Army “Ref A” on NOT Burning Korans

On disposing of religious materials, in 2009 the Chaplain Center and School at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, published a detailed Information Paper providing guidance for all major religions and denominations. The relevant paragraphs concerning the Quran are reproduced below as published in the Information Paper. Disposing of Unusable Copies of the Qur’an As far as …