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Disagreement and Understanding Must Coexist

The verdict for this episode is: we shouldn’t have to agree to share respect. https://media.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/content.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/Harvey.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 12:00 — 5.5MB) | Embedsubscribe to my podcast Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSS | Subscribe to Jonathan's Verdicts

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500-Year-Floods Explained

Thanks to the devastation brought by Hurricane Harvey, we have been hearing a lot about so-called 500-year-floods. A 500-year-flood isn’t the worst flood an area has seen in 500 years; rather, a 500-year-flood is a term used to describe the likelihood that a flood of that severity will occur.

Portland Central East Job Fair

Yesterday, I attended the Portland Central East side job fair. It wasn’t as good as the job fair I attended the day before.

Update on my Job Search

In It’s Personal, I gave an overview of my job search and some of the ways my inability to find work has affected me.

Slavery was the Reason for Secession

The verdict for this episode is: the words of the treasonous states demonstrate that slavery was the reason for secession. https://media.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/content.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/secession.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:12 — 5.1MB) | Embedsubscribe to my podcast Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSS | Subscribe to Jonathan's Verdicts

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High School Graduation Rates

The 2014-15 school year is the last year for which we have data. The data comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, and is based on the Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR).

Should SNAP Dollars be Spent on Soda?

In Sin Taxes and SNAP Benefits I discussed my thoughts on the ability of SNAP recipients to buy soda. In that post, I present information about the amount of soda bought by SNAP users and the amount of soda bought by people not using SNAP.

Sin Taxes and SNAP Benefits

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about so-called sin taxes (the additional taxes added to products the government deems unhealthy). My recent reconsideration of sin taxes was spurred by a discussion I had on social media about the idea of restricting SNAP, food stamp, money from being spent on soft drinks.

When Should A Child be Taken From His Parents?

This post is based on an article entitled When Should a Child be Taken From his Parents? The article was published in the August 7 and 14, 2017 edition of The New Yorker. The author is Larissa MacFarquhar.

The Truth About Afghanistan

The verdict for this episode is: it is more acceptable to declare Muslims terrorists and kill them than it is to build hospitals and schools in impoverished, Muslim-majority countries. https://media.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/content.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/Afghanistan.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:45 — 3.6MB) | Embedsubscribe to my podcast Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSS | Subscribe to Jonathan's… Continue reading The Truth About Afghanistan

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