Dr. Jonathan Scherch
@jonathanscherch.bsky.social
Proud professor of international students & colleagues doing their good deeds. Permaculture & ham radio geek. -- I do not send (or eat) Spam.
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Current events remind me of a paper I wrote 10 years ago. Unfortunately, its message remains relevant.
Rural Community Transition and Resilience: What Now for Social Work?
digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/cgi/viewcont...
Rural Community Transition and Resilience: What Now for Social Work?
digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/cgi/viewcont...
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An atrocious new low. 25th Amendment, please.
December 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
An atrocious new low. 25th Amendment, please.
Reposted by Dr. Jonathan Scherch
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
With 2025 closing out, a quick word of congratulations to my Walden U. Social Work doctoral students who completed their degrees, coursework and/or residencies. Bravo!
Thank you for your hard work and commitments to social change for good.
Thank you for your hard work and commitments to social change for good.
December 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
With 2025 closing out, a quick word of congratulations to my Walden U. Social Work doctoral students who completed their degrees, coursework and/or residencies. Bravo!
Thank you for your hard work and commitments to social change for good.
Thank you for your hard work and commitments to social change for good.
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
To all military branches and Peace Corps vols -- thank you for your service!
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
To all military branches and Peace Corps vols -- thank you for your service!
One can also stop watching Morning Joe. Simple consumption rules TWFM — no TV before 5:30pm and not after 9:00pm. And no macro news; local news sparingly. Be wary of Corp TV news biases.
See Jerry Mander’s famous books: “8 Arguments for the Elimination of TV” & “In the Absence of the Sacred.”
See Jerry Mander’s famous books: “8 Arguments for the Elimination of TV” & “In the Absence of the Sacred.”
People on SNAP are starving and people on ACA who cannot afford insurance will suffer and die but what keeps coming up on Morning Joe? Air travel. First-world problems always trump -- pun intended -- poor people's problems.
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
One can also stop watching Morning Joe. Simple consumption rules TWFM — no TV before 5:30pm and not after 9:00pm. And no macro news; local news sparingly. Be wary of Corp TV news biases.
See Jerry Mander’s famous books: “8 Arguments for the Elimination of TV” & “In the Absence of the Sacred.”
See Jerry Mander’s famous books: “8 Arguments for the Elimination of TV” & “In the Absence of the Sacred.”
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Goddamnit, you chickenshit, turncoat Democrats. The voters gave you a mandate and a spine on Tuesday and you're about to blow it. NO!. This is your one chance to protect healthcare. Stop!
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Goddamnit, you chickenshit, turncoat Democrats. The voters gave you a mandate and a spine on Tuesday and you're about to blow it. NO!. This is your one chance to protect healthcare. Stop!
Via NYT -- Shaheen (D, NH) and King (I, ME) to vote yes on ending shutdown without health care subs.
Democratic Defectors Relent on Shutdown, Backing Bill to Reopen www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Democratic Defectors Relent on Shutdown, Backing Bill to Reopen www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Democratic Defectors Relent on Shutdown, Backing Bill to Reopen
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Via NYT -- Shaheen (D, NH) and King (I, ME) to vote yes on ending shutdown without health care subs.
Democratic Defectors Relent on Shutdown, Backing Bill to Reopen www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Democratic Defectors Relent on Shutdown, Backing Bill to Reopen www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
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Senate Dems, do not cave. Ensuring healthcare premiums don’t surge is an 80-20 issue. They want to gut the ACA because their disdain for Obama far outweighs their concern for anyone’s health.
November 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Senate Dems, do not cave. Ensuring healthcare premiums don’t surge is an 80-20 issue. They want to gut the ACA because their disdain for Obama far outweighs their concern for anyone’s health.
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
From yesterday’s Election Day post by HCR:
“… today voters resoundingly rejected Trump and Trumpism, and tomorrow, politics will be a whole different game.”
Word.
“… today voters resoundingly rejected Trump and Trumpism, and tomorrow, politics will be a whole different game.”
Word.
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
From yesterday’s Election Day post by HCR:
“… today voters resoundingly rejected Trump and Trumpism, and tomorrow, politics will be a whole different game.”
Word.
“… today voters resoundingly rejected Trump and Trumpism, and tomorrow, politics will be a whole different game.”
Word.
The word for the day — landslide.
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The word for the day — landslide.
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Holland strikes back!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...
Dutch Voters Deliver Major Setback to Far-Right Party of Geert Wilders
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Holland strikes back!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...
Obamacare Prices Become Public, Highlighting Big Increases www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/h...
Obamacare Prices Become Public, Highlighting Big Increases
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Obamacare Prices Become Public, Highlighting Big Increases www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/h...
Via HCR: “The latest Gallup poll shows that Americans now think Democrats, rather than Republicans, are the better party to keep the country prosperous, by a margin of 47% to 43%. This is a shift of 18 points in just over two years.”
October 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Via HCR: “The latest Gallup poll shows that Americans now think Democrats, rather than Republicans, are the better party to keep the country prosperous, by a margin of 47% to 43%. This is a shift of 18 points in just over two years.”
Perhaps Congress could require notice for such actions? Seems odd that tariffs can be applied without approval (by law).
Trump Announces Tariff Increase on Canada Over Reagan Ad Spat www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/w...
Trump Announces Tariff Increase on Canada Over Reagan Ad Spat www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/w...
Trump Announces Tariff Increase on Canada Over Reagan Ad Spat
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Perhaps Congress could require notice for such actions? Seems odd that tariffs can be applied without approval (by law).
Trump Announces Tariff Increase on Canada Over Reagan Ad Spat www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/w...
Trump Announces Tariff Increase on Canada Over Reagan Ad Spat www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/w...
Wow! FYI --
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
October 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Wow! FYI --
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Current events remind me of a paper I wrote 10 years ago. Unfortunately, its message remains relevant.
Rural Community Transition and Resilience: What Now for Social Work?
digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/cgi/viewcont...
Rural Community Transition and Resilience: What Now for Social Work?
digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/cgi/viewcont...
digitalcommons.murraystate.edu
October 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Current events remind me of a paper I wrote 10 years ago. Unfortunately, its message remains relevant.
Rural Community Transition and Resilience: What Now for Social Work?
digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/cgi/viewcont...
Rural Community Transition and Resilience: What Now for Social Work?
digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/cgi/viewcont...
Via HCR: “National security scholar Tom Nichols commented on today’s strike: “The president is establishing the principle that he can order the murder of anyone he deems a threat. And Congress is letting it happen.”
October 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Via HCR: “National security scholar Tom Nichols commented on today’s strike: “The president is establishing the principle that he can order the murder of anyone he deems a threat. And Congress is letting it happen.”
Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen States www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...
Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen States
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen States www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...
Via Heather: “As J.V. Last of The Bulwark laid out clearly last night, there is no crisis in Chicago that makes it necessary for the administration to send in National Guard troops.” Not surprising.
Wary of 2026 elections similarly being declared an emergency.
Also wary of US AG complicity.
Wary of 2026 elections similarly being declared an emergency.
Also wary of US AG complicity.
October 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Via Heather: “As J.V. Last of The Bulwark laid out clearly last night, there is no crisis in Chicago that makes it necessary for the administration to send in National Guard troops.” Not surprising.
Wary of 2026 elections similarly being declared an emergency.
Also wary of US AG complicity.
Wary of 2026 elections similarly being declared an emergency.
Also wary of US AG complicity.