Category Archives: Social Justice

Race and the race for the White House

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Karl Garson

Published in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel on Tuesday, October 30, 2012, under “Racism and the race: It seems that some can’t accept a black president.” I finished reading Alistair Cooke’s “The American Home Front: 1941-1942” during a recent flight to San … Continue reading →

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My Father, the Snob

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Karl Garson

Published in the Wisconsin State Journal on Saturday, March 3, 2012, under the headline “Santorum thinks my dad is a snob.”  A link to the essay is provided below. In the spring of 1957, near the end of my junior … Continue reading →

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The Winter Solstice is the Reason for the Season

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Karl Garson

Published in the Wisconsin State Journal on Saturday, December 10, 2011 Christ in Christmas fits within Christian systems of belief, not those held by two thirds of the world’s population that doesn’t believe the Jesus story. Nevertheless, during the time … Continue reading →

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Stay disappointed with Ryancare

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Karl Garson

Published in the Wisconsin State Journal on Tuesday, July 26, 2011. Here’s a fool-proof, two-part plan guaranteed to effectively improve health care in the United States. First, require all hospital administrators to work from desks that share space currently occupied … Continue reading →

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On the Fall of the Spring of 1964

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Karl Garson

In the early spring of 1964 I was in advanced flight training at  Naval Air Station Whiting Field, a few miles north of Milton, a small city 20  miles northeast of Pensacola, in Florida’s panhandle. Advanced flight training  was as … Continue reading →

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Four Addresses for Our Future

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Karl Garson

By now the commencement speakers have delivered their varying degrees of wisdom to America’s eager classes of 2011. With those words to guide them, the new crop of college and university graduates who weren’t plugged into iTunes or engaged in … Continue reading →

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On Wisconsin, and other states of mind

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Karl Garson

Published in the Wisconsin State Journal on June 2, 2011 On Wisconsin, and other states of mind  by Karl Garson  Right off I’ll tell you that I love Wisconsin; tell you that without hesitation even after living in 11 other … Continue reading →

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