To the editor:
President Biden recently listed Systemic Racism and White Privilege as the two most serious problems in the United States. The media gives the impression that large numbers of Americans, particularly Republicans, are racists.
I was born and lived in the Detroit area until I was hired as a professor at Ohioâs Bowling Green University in 1973. In Detroit, I was part of a mostly Black faith community. I attended Wayne State University in Detroit for nine years for my bachelorâs, masterâs and doctorate degrees. In my classes were large numbers of Blacks, and I had many Black professors. My masterâs thesis chairperson was a Black woman, as were members of my Doctoral committee. I earned my way through college by working for my father who owned a company staffed with Black employees.
To the editor:
According to news reports, for much of the past year, about half of all public schools have been, or now are, closed. Many of the others are only partly open, offering in-person classes only two or three days a week. The reason given is concerns about COVID. From the students I have talked to, online learning, for most students, is very ineffective compared to in-class instruction. This includes college students, who often spend their days in their dorms watching computer zoom classes. Many observers feel this has put most students behind for at least a year, and many will never catch up.
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To the editor:
Much has been in the news about global warming now called climate change, and the harm it could cause. President Joe Biden wants to spend $3 trillion in an attempt to solve the problem. AOCâs Green New Deal claims that âglobal warming at or above two degrees Celsius beyond pre-industrialized levels will cause ⦠$1,000,000,000,000 damage of public infrastructure and coastal real estate in the United States ⦠global temperatures must be kept below 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrialized levels.â
The common claim is these conclusions are scientific consensus, thus beyond question. Are they really scientific consensus?
I have a thick file of claims by professors who claim they were terminated for expressing doubts about human-caused climate change. Examples include Professor Nickolas Drapela, fired from Oregon State University, Dr. Peter Ridd, ex-professor of marine science at James Cook University, Professor Judith Curry, ex-head of the Sc