Michael Nill PhD
@nill_michael
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Lifetime educator, retired head of PS-12 school. Write about the role of moral values in our lives, schools and politics. Yes to empathy and the common good.
Joined January 2021
Concerned about where we are headed, the lack of a moral center in our politics and society? Time to commit to a new vision of moral education in our schools? I discuss the what, why, and how in my book: https://t.co/myBnBo93sC;
https://t.co/Dq4wlaCquv.
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Nurturing Decent Human Beings: The Case for Moral Education in Our Schools
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Many Trump voters do not respect him as a person and think he is too extreme. Yet, they decided to take a risk on him. Sadly their decision puts all of us at risk. But please let's not spend time blaming Harris, who was a much better campaigner than most of us expected.
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NYT tweeted this to its 55 million followers and it has under 500 retweets - presumably suppressed due to the link out. “John Kelly, Donald Trump’s longest-serving chief of staff, said Trump met the definition of a fascist and would try to govern like a dictator if elected”
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National Catholic Reporter on the Al Smith Dinner: "The real outrage is that Trump, given the public nature and extent of his repulsive record, should be invited to a fundraiser for an organization, Catholic Charities, that has long worked in the trenches to save and transform
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Cardinal Timothy Dolan said he was "doubly disappointed" by the rejection from Kamala Harris of his invitation to the annual Al Smith dinner. But we are triply disappointed that Dolan did not have...
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🧵I’ve read through the evidence section—the first 85 pages—of Jack Smith filing on Trump’s private criminal efforts to stay in power despite knowing that he’d lost the election. The evidence is stunning. It’s clear why Trump did not want the public to see this testimony. 13
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A friend of mine who voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020 just sent his family and friends this letter. He doesn't want to be identified, but he said I can share it: "Dear Friends and Family, I’ve spent a lot of time reflecting on the choices I made in the 2016 and 2020
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Elon Musk’s misleading election claims reach millions and alarm election officials https://t.co/k7Pw0MJ9KP
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The X billionaire’s false posts about noncitizen voting spur officials to fact-check him, lead to requests to purge voter rolls, and add to worries about threats.
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Former Lt. Gov Geoff Duncan, who speaks tonight at the DNC, gives this advice to other Republicans: “Listen to that tiny little voice in your head that tells you Donald Trump is the worst thing that not only happened to the party but this country." #gapol
https://t.co/5cMQefHf0R
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Geoff Duncan ignored the backlash as he morphed from a Donald Trump supporter to a foe so fierce he gained a coveted speaking spot at the Democratic National Convention.
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Education, books, thinking—foundations of culture under attack: 2,571 book titles were targeted for censorship in 2022, up 38% from the previous year and the highest number of titles in the 20 years or so such statistics have been compiled. America moving backward.
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Really and sadly, most of what the current GOP, MAGA, Project 2025 stand for is pretty much opposed to everything American has stood for at its best.
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Is there any evidence at all in Trump's history that would justify believing that he ever cared about being on the right side of what is legal or moral?
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A Maga troll asked me to list specifically what policies of Trump I was against, I guess assuming that I wouldn’t be able to name any. I knew it was a poor use of time to share directly with him, but I couldn’t help myself. Luckily I saved to share with you all. Could go on all
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Higher Education Needs More Socrates and Plato
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The liberal arts are fading just when we need them most.
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The Sisters of Benedictine, the founders of Benedictine College, released a REBUTTAL to Butker's speech. They are not happy. “As a founding institution and sponsor of Benedictine College, the sisters of Mount St. Scholastica find it necessary to respond to the controversial
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Understanding the present through historical lens: Tangled Roots of American Illiberalism
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Our biggest mistake would be to believe that Trumpism is a historical exception.
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