Jerusha Osberg Conner Villanova University Dr. Conner is a Professor of Education at Villanova University. She holds expertise in student voice, student engagement, and youth organizing and activism. Critical race theory – an academic framework that holds that racism is embedded in society – has become the subject of an intense debate
The word for today is… succumb (verb) – 1 : to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire 2 : to be brought to an end (such as death) by the effect of destructive or disruptive forces Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : If the idea of someone succumbing brings to
Vigilantes rarely recognise that they are vigilantes. They see themselves as doing God’s work and get a real rush of power every time they successfully destroy a target’s life and livelihood. The attacks currently happening in New Zealand are not happening randomly. Radical activists name the targets and
Chris Sellars Once upon a time in the back of beyond past the never-never land just this side of the black stump, there was a meagre village where dwelt a few hardy souls. The land could support no more. The soil was rich, the farmers industrious, but water was
It was an unusually warm winter’s day and in the early hours of the afternoon, with the sun streaming through the windows, I abandoned the computer and my usual raft of research and the quest for knowledge and understanding of the confusing world around us. I made a fresh
The word for today is… conciliatory (adjective) – : tending to win over from a state of hostility or distrust Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : If you are conciliatory towards someone, you’re trying to win that person over to your side. The verb conciliate was borrowed into English in the mid-16th
The word for today is… Rubicon (noun, geographical name) – noun : a bounding or limiting line – especially : one that when crossed commits a person irrevocably geographical name : river 15 miles long in north central Italy flowing east into the Adriatic Sea Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In 49 B.C., Julius Caesar
Elie Dolgin knowablemagazine.org Out for Blood in the Search to Stall Aging A gaggle of biotech start-ups are trying vastly different approaches to spin animal studies into the next big anti-aging therapy. It’s too early to know which, if any, will succeed. By Elie Dolgin 5.
Fishermen’s tales are legendary for the ones that got away. In this case, though, it’s the fisherman who got away. Not from a fish, though: from something even bigger. Lobster fisherman Michael Packard was swallowed whole and spat out by a humpback whale. Last week, Packard was diving
Right To Life News righttolife.org.uk An Australian father-to-be who tragically died of brain cancer before having the chance to meet his unborn daughter left a series of powerful videos and notes for her. Scott Ferguson, from Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia, was diagnosed with stage
The word for today is… ignorant (adjective) – 1a : destitute of knowledge or education – an ignorant society also : lacking knowledge or comprehension of the thing specified – parents ignorant of modern mathematics b : resulting from or showing lack of knowledge or intelligence – ignorant errors 2 : unaware, uninformed Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : First
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet In the wake of the announcement of Bill and Melinda Gates’s divorce, rumours have been seeping out about Bill’s private life which do him no credit. However, it’s not reports of infidelity which bother me – there,
The word for today is… abjure (verb) – 1 formal a : to renounce upon oath b : to reject solemnly 2 formal : to abstain from Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Just as a jury swears to produce an unbiased verdict, and a witness swears to tell the truth on pain of perjury, those
The word for today is… fustian (noun) – 1a : a strong cotton and linen fabric b : a class of cotton fabrics usually having a pile face and twill weave 2 : high-flown or affected writing or speech Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Fustian has been used in English for a kind of
milliner (noun) – a person who designs, makes, trims, or sells women’s hats Source : Online Etymology Dictionary Etymology : 1520s, “vendor of fancy wares, man who deals in articles for women’s wear,” probably originally Milaner “native or resident of Milan” (in Middle English Milain, Milein, Millein, etc.), the northern Italian
The word for today is… irony (noun) – 1a : the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning b : a usually humorous or sardonic literary style or form characterized by irony c : an ironic expression or utterance 2a (1) : incongruity between the actual
