The Spring 2020 UC Riverside Osher Lifelong Learning Catalog Is Out
Great educational offerings coming this winter at both the Riverside and Rancho Mirage venues. As usual, I'm lecturing at both. If you are in the region, consider signing up. We have quite a following of engaged students. Check out the flip book for classes-- https://extension.ucr.edu/pdf/osher/catalogs/index.html?page=1
Thanksgiving and “The Trader”
Since my undergraduate days, Thanksgiving has always given me a sense of thanks and a level of uneasiness at the same time. This day is a reminder of our nation's unresolved issues pertaining to the country's treatment of native Americans. Since 1973, I've turned to Carl Wilson's masterpiece "The Trader." It's a reminder of our... Continue Reading →
On This Day, JFK Remembered–
"To those people in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required--not because the communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right. If a... Continue Reading →
On This Veterans Day
My Dad-- C.E. Harding Outbreak of World War 2 On 7 August 1942 the First Marine Division landed at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands under the command of MajGen Alexander Vandegrift. So began Operation WATCHTOWER, the first major ground offensive of the war. This was a misnomer in reality, since the Division went into a... Continue Reading →
Fall 2019–Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UC Riverside
Two weeks from today, I will start my 11th teaching assignment for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of California, Riverside. This has been a very rewarding experience for me especially since I’ve been able to duplicate the course for our students in Rancho Mirage. Between the two locations, we have 94 students enrolled.... Continue Reading →
New data makes it clear: Nonvoters handed Trump the presidency–by Philip Bump
"The data also makes another point very clear: Those who didn’t vote are as responsible for the outcome of the election as those who did." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/08/09/new-data-makes-it-clear-nonvoters-handed-trump-the-presidency/?fbclid=IwAR0uIFzyeHwKBI1mYUyZyPGGhYHWQ-Jfn6A5BimV2ok9NiG_IW_nfFdR8DI As we always suspected. Irresponsible civic laziness has been a growing problem since the late 70's and early 80's. The K-12 system and undergraduate programs by and large quit... Continue Reading →
From Lincoln, FDR, and JFK
“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union,... Continue Reading →
Presidential Debates–The Ridiculousness of It All–by Stephen G. Harding
So you want to be the Democratic candidate for President of the United States? No problem. Just make sure that at least 2% of the American voting public is in your corner, as sourced through a composite of four qualified polls, and your so-called grass-root donors number at least 130,000; 400 of them need to... Continue Reading →
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