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Short Read of the Week for February 3, 2022

In this morning’s meeting we discussed five articles, and ultimately chose this as the one thing you should read this week if you don’t read anything else:

Neil Young and Liz Cheney, Thanks for Sticking Your Necks Out
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/01/opinion/neil-young-liz-cheney-climate-misinformation.html
[our copy here]

As you are reading it, note in particular this passage: "without a minimum level of truth and trust, everything becomes politics. Normal objects — like masks, vaccines, textbooks in public schools —— suddenly become neon signs identifying who you are for or against. And when everything becomes politics there is no neutral, sacred ground for leaders to gather in and collaborate in the national interest."

We also chose to recommend this:

Instead of Raging Over ‘Maus,’ Support Local People Who Are Fighting the Ban
https://dailyyonder.com/commentary-instead-of-raging-over-maus-ban-mcminn-county-tennessee-schools-support-local-people-who-are-fighting-back/2022/02/01/
[our copy here]

Let’s do remember that we live here. Please join us next week.


Direct link to item: https://tillcodems.org/whats-on-your-mind/2022/2/4/short-read-of-the-week-for-february-3-2022.