California is hurting financially and so its muscular governor and legislature have cut $17 billion over the past two years. College students are outraged and are demonstrating and taking over school buildings. Classes are overcrowded. Libraries are disappearing. People are angry and wonder why corporations are getting tax breaks while public education suffers. I would point out that I watched one of our state’s public universities stage several large football games in a colossal stadium this winter. That does seem odd if they are in financial straights. But in general such massive cuts in public education are a very bad thing for a state like California that depends heavily on knowledge for the health of its economy and for its future.
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Audio Podcast Novel: Robinson Crusoe (Part 4)
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Crusoe experiences a terrifying shipwreck and is the only survivor. His struggle for food, water, and a place to sleep begin. No matter what situation Crusoe finds himself in, he never stops thinking.
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Illustration by NC Wyeth (1920) Crusoe takes supplies off his shipwreck on his hastily built raft.
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Audio Podcast Novel: Robinson Crusoe (Part 3)
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In this section of the novel, Crusoe continues making good on his escape. He then makes a series of fateful decisions as he tries to get on his feet and make a life for himself.
Defoe begins to get into the slavery issue and how it plays the major role in Crusoe’s single most important decision.
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Audio Podcast Novel: Robinson Crusoe (Part 2)
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Crusoe learns more of what it means to be a seaman. He is captured off the west coast of Africa and made a slave.
In this section of the novel we get into Defoe’s treatment of the issues of slavery and race. Reading the early parts of the novel, one might get the mistaken impression that Defoe is intolerant of other races. This is not the case. One must remember that he was writing his book before 1719. His continued treatment of the slavery issue throughout the novel is many years ahead of its time and shows him to be a deeply thoughtful and serious commentator on the social injustices he saw around him.
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Audio Podcast Novel: Robinson Crusoe (Part 1)
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This novel written by Daniel Defoe in 1719 is considered to mark the beginning of English novel-writing. It is one of the greatest books ever written and will completely enthrall readers and listeners alike. If you have only seen movies from the book, you are in for a big surprise. So get comfortable, turn off the TV and listen to the original ‘lost at sea’ novel.
Young Robinson Crusoe decides he wants to leave his father and mother to go to sea. He refuses to take their advice and sets sail.
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Illustration by NC Wyeth (1920) Young Robinson Crusoe refuses to take his father’s advice.
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