A writer, musician, and AI collaborate on a new album. Seen on Halloween: a human lava lamp. Replacing clear glass cooler doors with dynamic displays, for some reason. A recently unearthed collection of drawings shows a playful side of Franz Kafka. Good grief: are full-face sunglasses becoming a thing? The OED chooses its Word of the Year. Memo to Facebook: “Meta” is similar to the Hebrew word for “death.” MasterCard adds distinctive notches to its credit, debit, and gift cards for the visually impaired. Graphene integrated into trail running shoes. Ai-Da, an “artist robot” detailed in Egypt on suspicion of espionage. Air Vodka: “the world’s most sustainable spirit.” All that and more in WhatTheyThink’s weekly miscellany.
Joy Reid, in May, aired a clip of an “angry white parent” in Missouri who’d had enough of the distorted critical race theory (CRT) being crammed down her kid’s throat by a smug mob of woke educators.
“Just because I do not want critical race theory taught to my children in school does not mean I’m a racist, damn it!” she blurted through tears.
She, and others in places like Loudoun County, Virginia, speak for millions whose kids are taught CRT without their input, against their wills, with threats to keep silent. When parents do speak up, they’re scarlet-lettered as “racists” by cultural Pharisees like Joy Reid.
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Untapped potential: Alton s first Black mayor says he s ready
Alton’s first Black mayor says he’s ready
Dylan Suttles, dylan.suttles@thetelegraph.com
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A retired Alton Police officer, David Goins has been pastor at Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church in Alton since 2001. On May 12 he becomes mayor of Alton. Show MoreShow Less
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Alton’s incoming mayor David Goins is as comfortable working in jeans within his church as he was meeting with community members as an Alton school board member. Show MoreShow Less
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A recent Christmas photo captures the entire Goins family, with Sheila and David in the center. Show MoreShow Less