(2022-06-28). Why Going "Hard" Is Taking the Easy Way Out. tomdispatch.com American schools are soft, you say? I know what you mean. I taught college for 15 years, so I've dealt with my share of still-teenagers fresh out of high school. Many of them inspired me, but some had clearly earned high marks too easily and needed remedial help in math, English, or other subjects. School discipline had been too lax perhaps and standards too slack, because Johnny and Janey often couldn't or wouldn't read a book, though they sure could text, tweet, take selfies, and make videos. Oh, wait a sec, that's not what you meant by "soft," is it? You meant soft as in "soft target" in the context of mass sc…
(2022-06-27). 28 June, Twitterstorm: #IsraeliApartheidTech to say Israel out of the Tour de France #TDF2022. samidoun.net 
The 2022 edition of the Tour de France cycling competition is once again including the "Israel Premier Tech" team, self-described "ambassadors" of the apartheid regime. The participation of this team in one of the world's greatest sports competitions has a clear objective: the promotion and normalization of Israeli apartheid. Many organizations are calling for a …