Incredibly, in an open letter to students at the City University of New York, Barbara Bowen, head of the Professional Staff Congress, the union that represents the public sector faculty, wrote her dark and dreadful thoughts for all to read.  She has conjured an apocalyptic vision because of the election of Donald Trump to the presidency of our country. At one point in her letter, she astoundingly states, “Many of us feel shattered and threatened by the result of the election last week. Violence of all kinds suddenly seems much closer -- violence against the climate and against other nation-states, but also against women, people of color, the poor, Muslims, immigrants, Jews, children, people with disabilities, lesbian, gay, transgender and transsexual people and others.”  Let’s unpack the assumptions underlying this horrific vision. “Climate” for her is a living organism. It is an entity that she expects will experience...(Read Full Article)