When Christopher Jones lost his £190,000 Rolex watch after crashing in the snow while skiing, he sought a payout from his insurers. But he won t get a penny now
Pursuant to state statute, an election was not required for the Sweet Springs R-7 School Board earlier this month.
Unofficial minutes from the board meeting on Thursday, April 8, say Darla Reid and Ricky Rennison will be beginning a new three-year term and Cindi Sims will be beginning a new one-year term.
Board Vice President Robert Fuehring administered the oath of office to Reid, Rennison and Sims.
The existing board was dissolved for reorganization.
New officers are: President- Sims; Vice President- Fuehring; Treasurer- Paula Staples; Secretary- Reid; and MSBA Representative- Martha Dohrman; Board members are Rennison and Thomas Trautman.
In other news, the board approved special-education agreements for related services:
John Bellamy Foster is editor of
Monthly Review and a professor of sociology at the University of Oregon. Brett Clark is associate editor of
Monthly Review and a professor of sociology at the University of Utah. Hannah Holleman is a director of the Monthly Review Foundation and an associate professor of sociology at Amherst College.
The “turn toward the indigenous” in social theory over the last couple of decades, associated with the critique of white settler colonialism, has reintroduced themes long present in Marxian theory, but in ways that are often surprisingly divorced from Karl Marx’s critique of capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism.
Interview: Yashaswini Chandra on what the horse tells us about India s past
The author of ‘The Tale of the Horse: A History of India on Horseback’ on the animal’s influence over mythology and the medieval economy. Detail of Battle of Haldighati , painted in 1822, showing Rana Pratap on his horse Chetak | Wikimedia Commons
Yashaswini Chandra has a PhD in the history of art from SOAS, where she was also a teaching fellow, and formerly worked with Sahapedia, an open online resource on the arts, cultures and histories of India. In her first book,
The Tale of the Horse: A History of India on Horseback, Chandra reminds us of how central horses were to polities, economies and ruling classes, both ancient and medieval, before the mechanisation of the modern world changed everything.
India has kept its elephants but China has only a few Mahesh Rangarajan | | Published 14.12.20, 12:06 AM
Contrasts between India and China are commonplace and they also apply to debates on the future of the global environment. One key aspect that is rarely discussed is the record of these societies in achieving peace with the non-human inhabitants of their lands and waters. Both countries are among the 12 nation states with the maximum terrestrial biodiversity and between them they also account for 40 per cent of the earth’s people. Can their long and rich history offer any clues about the choices for the future?