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| − | I was teach math and English at a private school in New York City. If I tell you how to write an article, please don't edit war: I'm a senior editor here, because I know how to write encyclopedia articles. | + | I taught math and English at a private school in New York City until my retirement in 2023. |
| | + | I believe in being bold, a habit I learned to cherish at Wikipedia. But I also believe in correcting my mistakes. |
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| | "one of the greatest and most influential Conservapedia sysops" - Anonymous | | "one of the greatest and most influential Conservapedia sysops" - Anonymous |
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| | I am first and foremost a believer in science, and yet I believe that God is the First Scientist. I believe Romans 1:20 provides a clue to the fact of God's [[Creation]]. | | I am first and foremost a believer in science, and yet I believe that God is the First Scientist. I believe Romans 1:20 provides a clue to the fact of God's [[Creation]]. |
| − | *I believe in being bold, a habit I learned to cherish at Wikipedia. But I also believe in correcting my mistakes.
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| − | I have made over 20,000 edits to Conservapedia, although a lot of these are merely quoted [[/factoids]]. | + | *I have made over 20,000 edits to Conservapedia, although a lot of these are merely quoted [[/factoids]]. |
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| | :Years at Conservapedia: {{age|2007|3|19}} | | :Years at Conservapedia: {{age|2007|3|19}} |
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| | Some people regard me as a | | Some people regard me as a |
| − | [http://www.nationalcenter.org/2005/07/poor-uneducated-and-easy-to-command.html "poor, undereducated and easily led"] religious man. | + | [http://www.nationalcenter.org/2005/07/poor-uneducated-and-easy-to-command.html "poor, undereducated and easily led"] religious man. |
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| | + | ==Favorite movies== |
| | + | In no particular order: |
| | + | * [[Old Yeller]] - {{years ago|1957}} years old |
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| | ==Quotes to add to articles== | | ==Quotes to add to articles== |
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| | + | ===Lack of freedom under Communist rule=== |
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| | + | Maltz’s experience with a “thought control committee” of the Hollywood Party [http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=8914] |
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| | + | ===Global warming theory=== |
| | + | “OVER the past 15 years air temperatures at the Earth’s surface have been flat while greenhouse-gas emissions have continued to soar. The world added roughly 100 billion tonnes of carbon to the atmosphere between 2000 and 2010. That is about a quarter of all the CO2 put there by humanity since 1750. And yet, as James Hansen, the head of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, observes, ‘the five-year mean global temperature has been flat for a decade. . . .’” [http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterferrara/2013/04/28/the-disgraceful-episode-of-lysenkoism-brings-us-global-warming-theory/2/#175bfcee2364] |
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| | Reputation of the [[United States]], [[Arab media]], [[Soviet propaganda]], [[Western imperialism]] | | Reputation of the [[United States]], [[Arab media]], [[Soviet propaganda]], [[Western imperialism]] |
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| | ==To Do List== | | ==To Do List== |
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| | + | *[[CPUSA]] |
| | + | *:The Party tried very hard to present Communist or Socialist ideas as an advance in America’s development that was in fact rooted in American tradition. Well, they failed in this. The American people couldn’t buy it. The association with the Soviet Union was too powerful. I remember one slogan, “Defend the Soviet Union.” It was not “Defend the Socialist Idea” or “Defend a Fairer System.” It was “Defend the Soviet Union.” It was a tough slogan to sell; impossible. |
| | + | *the so-called anti-[[fascism]] of the CPUSA: |
| | + | *:Moreover, the radical shifts and reversals in the policy of the CPUSA did not reflect developments on the American socio-economic scene itself, and were not reactions to them. On the contrary, they had their source in a foreign country and its interests, in the specific responses of the government of the USSR to events in Europe. One classic case is of course the American Party’s faithful support of the Hitler-Stalin Pact of 1939-1941. The alliance was a startling reversal after years of proclaimed Party dedication to ferocious “anti-Fascism.” Instead, the line switched from “anti-Fascism” to “peace,” i.e. a ferocious dedication to keeping the US from aiding the nations fighting Hitler (“The Yanks are NOT coming! We’ll be for peace until the cows come home!” to quote Herbert Biberman). Yet just as the Party’s staunch “anti-Fascism” ended the moment that Stalin became Hitler’s friend, so the Party’s staunch belief in “the peace movement” ended the moment the Soviet Union was attacked by the Nazis on 22 June 1941. Then the war against Hitler finally became justified.20 |
| | *[[intellectual control]] | | *[[intellectual control]] |
| | *:the Party in Hollywood not only attempted to control the minds of its members, but that it was a secret organization. | | *:the Party in Hollywood not only attempted to control the minds of its members, but that it was a secret organization. |