How to tell a story

How to tell a story

Sunday, December 6, 2015

America, the laughing stock

A BBC radio documentary on climate change skewered without mercy the substantial number of deniers here, enough to lead a major political party. This makes us more a part of the problem than of the solution.

But how do you backtrack and educate the uneducated? How do you make the likes of Trump and Palin, with large numbers of followers, historically and logically and scientifically literate?

I'm afraid you don't. I hope I'm wrong.

On a brighter note, NPR had a story about an alliance formed by former enemies about gun control. They found common ground in a passion to keep their children safe.

How do parents stay sane today?