Richard Keith Latman - Center of the Field
5 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 5 years ago - ★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe insights and ramblings of a man who feels the need to speak but he's not sure about what.
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The Abortion Debate - The Year of Action
July 08, 2019 21:09 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBLet me take you back in time, to a time long before Roe v Wade. Based on how much attention abortion gets today, it might surprise you to know that we haven’t always had abortion laws in the US. It wasn’t until the late 19th century (or as Joe Biden called it, the teenage years) that the American Medical Association started calling for the illegalization of abortion, arguing that if a human life hung in the balance, no one should interfere, although historians think they were maybe just tire...
The Green New Deal is Not a Deal After-all
June 26, 2019 16:33 - 21 minutes - 19.2 MBThe Green New manifesto says that the US is responsible for a disproportionate amount of carbon emissions, as much as 20 percent, although I’ve seen other reports that say it’s more like 14 percent. 14 pct. Do you really think 14 pct of the 100 pct can ever cut enough to change the fireball that’s coming? Yes, we can and should do more, but maybe we should focus our energy and resources.. hold that thought we’ll get back to this in a moment because, although there is no official estimate from...
Racism in the Era of Trump - It's Not His Fault
June 12, 2019 13:37 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBIt is relatively easy to blame our current struggles on these loud racists who have been emboldened by the election of King Trump. But this is typical American racial melodrama. We need easily marked villains and happy endings. Yet this recital of condemnation all too often hides the messiness of our own moral lives: that we aren’t absolved of our complicity simply by the politicians we support, especially since the American public so rarely pushes for policies that enact our supposed commitm...
Haven't We Had Enough?
June 09, 2019 13:36 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBThe current front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, Joe Biden, is basing his candidacy on the proposition that he will be able to win over significant numbers of Republican voters, once they see that he's more moderate than other Democrats and realize what a repellent human being King Trump is. The only problem with that theory is that there is no reason to believe it's true.
Welcome to the Program
June 05, 2019 23:25 - 9 minutes - 9.06 MBNow I call this show, this lecture or can I dare to say “recording” Center of the Field because if you listen to the media, read the words or talk to friends it feels like everyone wants to pretend to be on the left or on the right.