Lake Victor

 

After leaving Lampasas on April 13th we headed for the tiny town of Lake Victor, which we’d never been to before. I figured that was as good a rural spot as any to hunt for wildflowers, and the place didn’t disappoint. As we entered the hamlet, a broad colony of four-nerve daisies (Tetraneuris linearifolia) brought me to a drivestill (the automotive counterpart to a standstill). A closer look revealed that a few prairie verbenas (Glandularia bipinnatifida) had gotten a roothold among the overwhelmingly larger force of four-nerve daisies.

 

 

Not far away, bluebonnets (Lupinus texensis) took a stronger stand against four-nerve daisies in front of a ramshackle old wooden house. I found an article that gives information about the house and answers the same question we had when we visited Lake Victor and never did see a lake.

 

 

 

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Is there any escape from woke indoctrination? I’ve heard versions of this question from countless doctors, nurses and other medical professionals. Healthcare has been captured by activists pushing divisive and discriminatory ideologies, especially through education and training. One of the most visible manifestations is mandatory “implicit bias training,” which seven states have adopted and at least 25 more are considering. In Michigan, medical professionals will soon be free.

On May 1, my organization will launch a continuing medical education course that fulfills Michigan’s implicit-bias-training mandate. Created by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2021 and updated last year, the mandate requires regular indoctrination for the members of 26 medical fields—not only doctors and nurses, but athletic trainers, acupuncturists, massage therapists, midwives and many others. As many as 400,000 medical professionals are now required to learn about implicit bias every time they apply for or renew a license. Michigan’s mandate is one of the most expansive in the nation.

The authors of this policy no doubt want every medical professional in the state to accept the woke party line on race. But our course goes in a more ethical—and less political—direction. Instead of teaching implicit bias as fact, we’re telling medical professionals the truth—that this training is grounded in falsehood and is a direct threat to the health and well-being of patients.

 

You can read the rest of Dr. Stanley Goldfarb’s April 26th article “How We’ve Taken the Bias Out of ‘Implicit Bias Training,’” whose subtitle is “Our new course satisfies Michigan’s pernicious mandate by turning woke indoctrination on its head.”

 

 

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