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Anti-Vaxxers, Spirituality and the Fringe

October 24, 2021 / 3 Comments
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by Hazel Anna Rogers for the Carl Kruse Blog There is a woman on Instagram, whom I will call Clarice, who’s online presence has grown exponentially over the last six or seven years. I first discovered Clarice on YouTube, as she was a relatively popular member of the High Carb Low Fat vegan community who … [Read more…]

Posted in: Politics, Science Tagged: Anti-Vax Movememnt, Pseudo Science, Vaccines

Stoicisim

April 19, 2021 / 5 Comments
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 By Fraser Hibbitt At the end of the fourth century B.C.E, a wealthy merchant sailed from Phoenicia to a port town in Athens. Though his ship was wrecked along the way, he managed to survive and made his way to Athens. This shipless man, Zeno by name, walked by a bookseller and happened on a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Politics, Stoicism Tagged: Classics, Marcus Aurelius, Stoic Philosophy

Martin Luther King Day Redux

January 18, 2021 / 2 Comments
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By Carl Kruse For some years now whenever Martin Luther King Day comes around I’ve made it a point to re-read his “Letter From A Birmingham Jail.” I sit down to briefly pay respect to the man and commune with some of his thought. That, and to give myself a jolt of moral fortitude during … [Read more…]

Posted in: Holidays, Politics Tagged: martin luther king, MLK Day

Carl Kruse Celebrates MLK Day

January 15, 2017 / 3 Comments

Re-reading A Letter From A Birmingham Jail by Carl Kruse In what has become now a tradition, ( see Carl Kruse Talks About Martin Luther King ), every Martin Luther King Day I re-read King’s now classic “Letter From A Birmingham Jail,” an essay written as a response to King’s critics who at the time … [Read more…]

Posted in: Holidays, Politics Tagged: martin luther king, martin luther king day, nonviolent resistance, racism

Kruse: The Electoral College

November 26, 2016 / 7 Comments

One More Voice Calling For The End Of The Electoral Collegeby  Carl Kruse For whatever reasons it was established way back when, and whatever benefits it might have today, that the Electoral College in the U.S. contravenes the will of the people is a great blow to Democracy. The winner of the votes in any … [Read more…]

Posted in: Politics Tagged: Election 2016, Electoral College

Carl Kruse Stands With Kazhir Khan

July 31, 2016 / 4 Comments

Jumping into the fray I’ll say Kazhir Khan’s speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention was a beautiful lesson in ethics, civics, loss, honor and sacrifice. A speech of power and raw emotion. I cried during it and I don’t remember crying in a long time over a speech. Shortly after he finished, the shameless … [Read more…]

Posted in: Politics Tagged: ann coulter, fallen muslim soldier, kazhir khan, racism

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