POST 1073
First
Watch Ken Burns’ 21 minute commencement address at Brandeis University.
Then
Pass this post along to at least 3 people, directing them to Burns’ brilliant and moving message.
Today is a good day to be the light
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- Our governance and electoral corruption and dysfunction and our ongoing mass murders are all of a piece, all the same problem with the same solution:
- Fire the bastards!
- The days are dwindling for us to take action. Get up! Do something to make things better.
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One Response to Class Assignment
Jim Altschuler May 29, 2024
I had already done that hours before your suggestion (to 7 others). It was an amazing address. Thank you again for sharing it despite its age.