The Blue Hill Public Library is closed on Monday in observance of Memorial Day. So our next meeting will be on Monday, June 2, at 10:30am.
See you then!
The Blue Hill Public Library is closed on Monday in observance of Memorial Day. So our next meeting will be on Monday, June 2, at 10:30am.
See you then!
Perhaps always an oxymoron, the “truth” seems to have left Washington, DC in recent years. With so-called “fact checkers” now doing a brisk business assessing our elected officials’ statements and many news organizations becoming less adversarial to (independent of?) our nation’s politicians, it has become quite difficult for ordinary citizens to understand the tradeoffs involved in today’s complex issues. Assessing these statements requires digging well beyond the “sound bite,” consulting a variety of publications and sources, to get an even somewhat balanced perspective.
Question for next week (May 19): To what degree should the American public accept “lies,” half-truths, glaring omissions and/or misdirection from their elected officials and government?
National “fact checking resources:”
See you next week!
The Library has some upcoming conflicts vis-a-vis the Howard Room on Monday mornings…so we’ll be in the Bass Room (basement) for the following dates.
All other dates, we’ll continue to be in the Howard Room (upstairs).