The Big Picture First Year Topics: Summary and Review 2021-2022
Links to all parts of the essay series I've posted during the past year, by topic.
I posted my first essay on the Big Picture Substack about a year ago, on September 13, 2021. On this anniversary, I thought it would be helpful to put up a post listing all the topics I’ve covered in the last year, along with links to all the essays on a particular topic or in a particular series. So I’m doing that here. If you like these materials, and if you’d like me to keep producing them, please spread the word on social media, recommend this Substack to others (especially students in school who might benefit from being exposed to another perspective), and (if you feel generous) become a paying subscriber so I can keep these pieces coming. Many thanks to all my readers, and especially to those among you I’ve gotten to know a bit better over the past year!
Below is the complete list of all the topics and essay series (with links) that I’ve covered in the first year of The Big Picture. You can also download a Word file with the same list and links here, for your convenience.
The Big Picture First Year Topic Summary and Review (2021-2022)
A Critique of Kendi, DiAngelo, Hannah Jones, and Critical Race Theory
Links to all essays in this series: Part1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6; Part 7; Part 8; Part 9; Part 10; Part 11; Part 12
Collected essays in this series
Short video documentary on problems with popular critical race theory texts
Harvard Law School flashback
“Disparate Impact” and Race
Links to all essays in this series: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6; Part 7; Part 8; Part 9
Data on Racism
Links to all essays in this series: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6
Race and the Police
Links to all essays in this series: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3
False Beliefs in Witchcraft (Like False Beliefs in Ubiquitous Racism) Breed Mistrust and Poverty
Links to all essays in this series: Part 1; Part 2
The Many Devastating Effects of Slavery (and Impacts on Reparations Arguments)
Links to all essays in this series: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3
Other Essays on Race: Local Governments; The Moon Race vs. Race; The Implicit Bias Test; Physics and Race Both Reject Essentialism
Data on Discrimination Against Women
Links to all essays in this series: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3
K-12 Education Trends
Links to all essays in this series: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6
Trends in Higher Education
Links to all essays in this series: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6; Part 7; Part 8; Part 9; Part 10; Part 11; Part 12
Trends in High Technology
Links to all essays in this series: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3
Science and Math
Math’s Path -- Links to all essays in this series: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4
Pride of Precision -- Links to all essays in this series: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4
Why Different Skin Colors? -- Links to all essays in this series: Part 1; Part 2
Educational Children’s Science Videos
History
Distribution of Smallpox Vaccine (early 1800’s); Christopher Columbus; Hard Life in Early America -- Part 1; Part 2; Part 3
Philosophy and World Views
Stoicism -- Part 1; Part 2; How to Teach How to Think
The Federal Government on Spending Autopilot
Links to all essays in this series: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6
Federal Regulatory Trends
Links to all essays in this series: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5
A Federal Bureaucracy Beyond Even the President’s Control
Links to all essays in this series: Part 1; Part 2
The Federal Bureaucracy – Proposals for Reform by Congress
Links to all essays in this series: Part 1; Part 2
The Diminishing American Labor Force
Links to all essays in this series: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5
Skin in the Game
Links to all essays in this series: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5
Higher Taxes Can’t Be the Answer
Links to all essays in this series: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6; Part 7; Part 8
COVID and Masks
Effects of Responses to COVID Compared to Black Death Plague; Masking
School Boards
Definitions of “Equity”; Restorative Practices; Social and Emotional Learning; School Resource Officers; Tendency Toward Conformity; Handling Masking Issue; Hypocrisy
Teachers Unions
Why Teachers Unions Can’t “Put Children First” (By Law)
Short Stories
Cartooning
How-to Cartooning Videos for Kids
Miscellaneous
How Cancel Culture Works; Modest Proposals; Scattered Entries