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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKareem Abdul-Jabbar is a must read, especially today.
https://kareem.substack.com/p/manuel-teran-and-tyre-nichols-whatToday there was only enough room to deal with two major issues: the police killings of two men that have caused anguished protestsand a series of Ron DeSantis decisions that need to cause anguished protest.
I tried to do a deep dive into the police shootings so I could do more than express anger and frustration. I wanted to look at the causes.
DeSantis is like a grenade thrown in the middle of American culture, shredding our beliefs and values, all for his personal ambition. Where Trump was a bumbling idiot, DeSantis charges forth with robotic disregard for the Constitution and human compassion. Every choice he makes reduces health, safety, and individual freedom. He is Voldemort with a fancy haircut.
BTW, who knew he was a fan of Janis Ian?
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a must read, especially today. (Original Post)
blm
Feb 2023
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Kareem is a class act- period.
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blm
(113,052 posts)2. Class and brilliance.
The most brilliant are often the most unassuming.
Brother Buzz
(36,423 posts)4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a genuine Renaissance man
blm
(113,052 posts)6. Exactly the best way to describe him.
✔️✔️✔️
Brother Buzz
(36,423 posts)7. I'm anxiously trying to whittle down my reading stack to work in.....
one of his Mycroft Holmes mystery novels; Mycroft Holmes was Sherlock Holmes' older, and smarter, brother.
In his second Mycroft novel Kareem introduces Sherlock. My Podunk Carnegie library has both novels just waiting for me.
BootinUp
(47,143 posts)5. I will check it out. TY. nt
scarletlib
(3,411 posts)8. Agreed except for the haircut. It's crappy.