Monday, July 21, 2025

U.S. Demands Change at Harvard

 There is a long tradition - known as academic freedom - which allows universities to be self-governing - within limits.  Those limits are posed most broadly by the federal civil rights laws such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII, barring race or national origin discrimination, and Title IX of the 1972  Act barring discrimination based on gender.

The Civil Rights Act transformed American education, removing legal `de jure' race discrimination, and then barring gender discrimination.  Defenders of the status quo lamented Constitutionally mandated federal intervention.  But no one has ever seen intervention of the sort the U.S. Department of Education has attempted to take effective control of Harvard University.

Try our seven day walking challenges - The Athletic

 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6504970/2025/07/21/walking-challenge-7-days-benefits/?source=athletic_targeted_email&campaign=14302181&userId=11929859

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Back on the Back River



 








 

Saturday, July 12, 2025

Project Healing Waters

I met a man today who heads the Augusta, Maine chapter..  I was reminded of my late friend John  whose PTSD made sobriety difficult.  We were sailing buddies.  He was an adventurous solo sailor.  But the companionship that Healing Waters offers would have been a balm for him.

 

Project Healing Waters

"This journey has been a transformative one for me, especially in dealing with my PTSD as a disabled veteran.
The process of crafting a bamboo rod, the tranquility of fly fishing, and the victories in each catch are my own forms of therapy, healing me in ways traditional medicine couldn’t. It is a respite from my typical solitary existence and a welcome diversion that offers not just a physical activity but also an engaging and rewarding mental exercise."


Mikael Madsen - U.S. Army Veteran





Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Sunday, July 6, 2025

Football kills college diving teams

These twins were college divers. Then new NCAA rules changed everything.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/07/06/house-v-ncaa-nonrevenue-sports/