Category Archives: Opinion Pieces and Editorials

Where we are allowed to share our opinions with others.

Livestream with Julia Hanna and Guest Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Aya Katz

Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh is a world renowned ape language researcher. She is known for her work with chimpanzees Sherman and Austin and bonobos Kanzi and Panbanisha. But the current state of scientific politics is of concern to her and to us. Continue reading →

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Livestream Talk with Julia Hanna and Aya Katz on March 23, 2018

Posted on March 24, 2018 by Aya Katz

  In this podcast/livestream Julia Hanna and Aya Katz talked about: violence on the street by throwing water bottles at bicyclists Craigslist taking down personal ads section due to legislation human trafficking and how it differs from prostitution ape language … Continue reading →

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Livestream Talk with Julia Hanna and Aya Katz — March 16, 2018

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Aya Katz

    The topics covered were: the student walkouts over gun control Elizabeth Warren and Donald Trump and how they should both take DNA tests Native American rights as hunter-gatherers and grazing rights, plus the rights of all to have … Continue reading →

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Livestream Talk with Julia Hanna and Aya Katz — March 9, 2018

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Aya Katz

  In this podcast from March 9, 2018, Julia Hanna and Aya Katz discuss the topics of the day. TOPICS ON LIVESTREAM MARCH 9, 2018 Attitudes about the right of medical professionals to mislead people in the way we would … Continue reading →

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Everybody can find beauty in a flower, or a butterfly or a deer. But if you love nature, then you also see the symmetry and the grace of a common, ordinary black rat snake.   This December, just before the … Continue reading →

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Aya Katz | 2 Comments

Olivia Dahl – Ethics of Vaccination

Posted on November 5, 2017 by Aya Katz

Olivia Twenty Dahl was one of the children of author Roald Dahl and actress Patricia Neal. She was born on April 20, 1955 and died on November 17, 1962 of encephalitis caused by the rubella virus. The tragedy of her … Continue reading →

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Aaron Burr

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Aya Katz

Aaron Burr was the third vice president of the United States. That was the highest office to which he attained, though if he had not been kept from it by the Spanish spy James Wilkinson, he might one day have … Continue reading →

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Knowing People

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Aya Katz

Would you recognize your friends without their bodies? If you were talking to someone on the phone, and it was one of your friends, would you still recognize them even if their voice did not sound the same? When receiving … Continue reading →

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Talent

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Aya Katz

Is there such a thing as talent? And if so what is it? What does it mean to be talented at something? What does it mean if you are not that talented? This topic came up the other night in … Continue reading →

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Disenfranchised

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Aya Katz

What would a choice by the people look like in a political context? Would it mean that the people, each individually, gather together in rooms, in their own communities, hash out what they would like to vote for, and then … Continue reading →

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