“Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.” ― Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock “As a lobbyist he had long ago concluded there was no difference in how Democrats and Republicans conducted the business of government. The… Read More ›
Month: April 2020
CONTINUED REFORMER SHENANIGANS
“Be kind and considerate with your criticism… It’s just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.” ― Malcolm Cowley “People were not peaches. Like guns and saddles, they were all the better… Read More ›
A SERIES OF VIGNETTES
“I don’t think I could love you so much if you had nothing to complain of and nothing to regret. I don’t like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and of little value. Life hasn’t… Read More ›
NOTES FROM THE FRONT LINE
“I don’t like to see Shakespeare in a theater. I like to see Shakespeare in the park.” ― Neil Simon, 45 Seconds from Broadway “Perhaps the choice was neither right nor wrong. It only existed.” ― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey… Read More ›
REFLECTIONS ON THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR FROM AN 8TH GRADE STUDENT
Cosette Sullenberger is an 8th grader at Bellevue Middle School. She was kind enough to write down her thoughts and reflections on a school year that abruptly ended this Spring. It was my intention to share this on Tuesday, but… Read More ›
FREE YOUR MIND, SO YOUR ASS WILL FOLLOW
“If you listen to neurologists and psychiatrists, you’d never fall in love.” ― Timothy Leary “If I can’t dance to it, it’s not my revolution.” ― Emma Goldman Over the weekend I got dragged into a Twitter conversation around… Read More ›
THE CONTINUATION OF THE GREAT CURRICULUM DEBATE
“The rumours, as usual, didn’t take into account the complexity, much less the truth.” ― Lisa Taddeo, Three Women “An interesting thing about touch is that the brain doesn’t just tell you how something feels, but how it ought to… Read More ›
QUIT LOOKING FOR NEW THE NORMALCY, FOCUS ON FACING THE FUTURE.
“When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you. The public library is a great equalizer.” ― Keith Richards “That’s… Read More ›
DON’T QUIT BEFORE THE MIRACLE
“The evil we do, Monsieur, is within us; it does not come from circumstance.” ― Emmuska Orczy, The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel “Any war that requires the suspension of reason as a necessity for support is a bad war.”… Read More ›
A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES
“Genuine heroism for man is still the power to support contradictions, no matter how glaring or hopeless they may seem.” ― Ernest Becker “This is what you have to ask yourself: Do you want to be good, or just seem… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 