It rained a lot and people weren’t always certain what they were doing, but a group of climate change activists was in good spirits when it came to Corvallis on Friday, six days into an Ashland-to-Salem Walk for the Climate.
Cuba was on the TV news again for the latest U.S. move to end the long-pointless embargo, and the young, earnest backpacker guy next to me at the airport decided to share. Never mind that Cuba isn’t going to change as fast as most people imagine (a case of Americans thinking the world revolves around us — a topic for another day). “Traveler Versus Tourist” is not only one of the most pointless and, frankly, tiresome conflicts in the realm of travel, for the most part it’s only furthered by people... Читать дальше...
American public schools often censor controversial student speech that the Constitution protects. Catherine J. Ross is author of Lessons in Censorship: How Schools and Courts Subvert Students’ First Amendment Rights.
