A View from the Stacks: Recent Episodes
John Sandstrom
A View from the Stacks is a look at modern society by a librarian who has watched it from the library stacks for over 30 years.
a. Thoughts on Current Events – Military police
b. Something to think about – What is American – a view from a precisionist,
c. Definition of the Week – more form Identifying Fake news, etc.
d. What were they thinking – computers
1) Intro
a. NB A brief eulogy of RBG
b. Thoughts on Current Events – Barr and the DoJ
c. Something to think about – The Acknowledgement movement,
d. Definition of the Week – series on Identifying Fake news, etc.
e. What were they thinking – goes to a professional conference
2) Bridge 1
3) Thoughts on current events – Thought on Barr’s speech to Hillsdale College.
a. Quotes and thoughts
4) Bridge 2
5) Something to think about –Acknowledgement movement
6) Bridge 3
7) Definition of the Week – new series on identifying Fake News, etc
8) Bridge 4
9) What were they thinking goes to a professional conference
a. War stories
10) Bridge 5 (under to end)
11) Looking forward to next week, Episode 10
a. Current events – Wait and see
b. Something to think about – Why is American, the view of a precisionist
c. Definition of the week – series on fake news, propaganda and bad information continued
d. What were they thinking- Computers
Current Events - 9/11
Something to think about - Social Good
Definition of the week - New series on identifying fake news
What were they thinking? - Labor Day Shenanigans
Talking about Currents events of Covid-19. Political platforms for something to think about. Defining Ethics and What were they thinking goes on the road.
This week I talk about the following:
Current Events -- The Honorable Kamala Harris as Biden's VP pick
Something to think about -- Opening Schools during the pandemic
Definitions -- Logical Fallacies Part 4
What were they thinking -- Goes on Vacation
This week in Thoughts on Current Events - I'm talking about Rights and Responsibilities and why you can't have the former without the latter.
In Something to Think About, I'm looking for that rarest of political beasts, the Moderate.
Definition of the Week is looking at more logical fallacies
and
What Were They Thinking? is looking at Animals.
Spurious Correlations can be found at https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
Current Events - John Lewis, Donald Trump, and the Nature of Respect.
Something to Think About - When did Gay Become a Thing
Definitions - Continuing with Logical Fallacies
What Were They Thinking? - People and Animals.
Welcome to the first episode of A View from the Stacks. In this episode, I talk about what this blog is, how it is organized, and my take on some current events. Topics include:
- Thoughts on Current Events
- Protests, Statues, Martyrs and the Uncivil War
- Something to Think About
- Judging the past by the present
- Definition of the Week
- Logical Fallacies Part 1
- What Were They Thinking?
- Library Edition, #1
As with any new venture, this one is a little rough, including running kind of short. In the future, there will be more content and even some special guests.