Judges who passed that law of the land with a majority of six were appointed by the conservative presidents. Though they should be impartial to the ideology of who nominated them, they were not. In this case, all six of them were representing the presidents who nominated them in the first place.…
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How, on a personal level, are we trying to save the planet from global warming? Since 2016, we got 42 solar panels installed by using my retirement money. We are saving five to 10 trees each month, or a carbon offset of 450-900 pounds per month. By August 2023, we will have saved 420-840 trees with a carbon offset of 37,800-75,600 pounds.…
Letter from Ashok Malhotra Window Now Open for Diplomacy By exchanging Brittney Griner for Viktor Bout, both President Biden and President Putin have opened up a window of opportunity to stop this useless war in Ukraine. Both Russia and the USA have been spending billions of dollars fighting this senseless war which is killing thousands of young soldiers from both Russia and Ukraine. Now is the best time to start pursuing peace which will benefit both sides equally and the…
Oneonta’s 1st TEDx Talk Greeted With Enthusiasm Speakers at the first Oneonta TEDx Talk, above, bringing a national phenomenon to the City of the Hills, recognize applause from attendees at the end of this afternoon’s program at Foothills. From left are retired SUNY philosophy professor Ashok Malhotra; Green Earth proprietor Dean Roberts, Core Energy leadership coach Bill Berthel, Bainbridge, Westchester Symphonic Winds conductor Curt Ebersole, Australian tennis coach Emma Doyle, LEAF Executive Director Julie Dostal, and Sara Elbert and Sohail…
CLICK FOR FULL ‘BE POSITIVE FEST’ SCHEDULE Zambello, Malhotra Among ‘Be Positive Fest’ Headliners COOPERSTOWN – Glimmerglass Festival Artistic & General Director Francesca Zambello and her spouse Faith Gay, the corporate lawyer, will speak on “Art & Justice” at 3:15 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church chapel at Saturday’s Be Positive Festival. Other headliners will include Virginia Kennedy, former Otsego Land trust executive director, returning to discuss environmental justice, and retired SUNY Oneonta Philosophy Professor Ashok Malhotra, a Nobel Prize…
The Ashok Malhotra Story THE NIGHTINGALE & THE FIREFLY (A Three-Part Series) “A nightingale had flown far from her nest, seeking food for her fledglings, and it was night, dark night. Lost, at the end of a branch, she wept. “Along came a firefly and, learning of the nightingale’s plight, guided her home by his tiny light.” “Even thought you are small, you can perform miracles,” his grandfather told Ashok Malhotra, who 70 years later is a retired founding professor of…
THE NIGHTINGALE & THE FIREFLY/PART I Boyhood, Interrupted Editor’s Note: This is the first article in a three-part series on Ashok Malhotra, who retired in December after almost a half-century in SUNY Oneonta’s Philosophy Department. In was published in Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal on Feb. 25-26, 2016. By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – When Ashok Malhotra was 5 or 6, his grandfather told him a story. A nightingale had flown far from her nest, seeking food for her…
THE NIGHTINGALE & THE FIREFLY/PART II Chance, Romance Change Everything Editor’s Note: This is the second article in a three-part series on Ashok Malhotra, who retired in December after almost a half-century in SUNY Oneonta’s Philosophy Department. In was published in Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal on March 3-4, 2016. By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – His first snowstorm, magical white flakes falling out of the night sky: It was a pivotal point in his life. “It was…
THE NIGHTINGALE & THE FIREFLY/PART III In Ninash, Love Lives Editor’s Note: This is the third article in a three-part series on Ashok Malhotra, who retired in December after almost a half-century in SUNY Oneonta’s Philosophy Department. In was published in Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal on March 10-11, 2016. By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – On Aug. 28, 1967, Ashok Malhotra completed his journey from the Sutlej to the Susquehanna, arriving in Oneonta, 6,952 miles away from…