By Alice Doyel Guest blogger Almost All were Destined to Die in the Ghetto or Treblinka Death Camp “I swore never to be silent whenever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere.” … Read more Voices of the Jewish People Living in the Warsaw (Poland) Ghetto
By Alice Doyel Guest blogger Lord of the Flies was written by Sir William Golding and published in 1954, for which he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1984. (1) What was the basis for the book? (2) How does it affect systemic racism? (3) How a 1965 true story contradicts Golding’s thesis. … Read more When Reality Contradicts the Fictional Novel We Long Believed (Or At Least We Were Taught to Believe)
By Alice Doyel Guest blogger “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Dr. Hakeem Olusey is an internationally recognized astrophysicist. He has three degrees in physics and one in mathematics. Hakeem has a long and distinguished career … Read more Dr. Hakeem Olusey – A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars