Screw Civics! by lobotero.com

Screw Civics! I have personally thought that all this division in our government comes from the lack of civics education….our students have no idea how the government works and why. I begin this post with a quote from Fran Herbert, author of the Dune series…….“Good governance never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities […]

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Filosofa’s Mind Is Bouncy by Jill Dennison

Filosofa’s Mind Is Bouncy There was much in yesterday’s news that I could, perhaps should, be writing about.  There was the Supreme Court decision to uphold Arizona’s voter suppression laws, Bill Cosby’s sentence being overturned, even though he has admitted his guilt, Trump organization along with CFO Weisselberg being charged with running a 15-year tax scam, […]

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“Defund The Police” by lobotero.com

“Defund The Police” Oh boy the GOP has a new slogan for the next election cycle….a slogan but NO policy to address the term…..or the problem (which is typical these days….lots of slogans and NO policies) This is nothing new….as a matter of fact I have addressed the idea on several occasions…… https://lobotero.com/2020/07/21/is-it-police-reform-or-defund-or-abolition/   https://lobotero.com/2021/04/22/police-reform/ […]

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REGIOFLASH: latest news on Regional and Urban Policy

News Commission welcomes the adoption of €373 billion Cohesion policy legislative package 2021-2027 The European Commission welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament of the political agreements on the Cohesion policy legislative package 2021-2027 of €373 billion and its signature by both co-legislators. This marks the final step of the legislative procedure and allows for […]

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Rats Leave A Sinking Ship by lobotero.com

Rats Leave A Sinking Ship Since the trial of Derek Chauvin and his subsequent guilty outcome and now his sentencing to 22.5 years has some running scared…… the news is not good for many PDs across the country…… Who wants to be a cop these days? In many US cities, the answer is increasingly “hardly […]

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