Author Archives
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LUNCH WITH MY PAL SLATSKY
“Remember: The rules, like streets, can only take you to known places.” ― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous My buddy Slatsky called me this morning to see if I wanted to grab some lunch. Slat’s family is… Read More ›
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QUESTIONABLE ASSERTIONS
“Belief is a virus, and once it gets into you, its first order of business is to preserve itself, and the way it preserves itself is to keep you from having any doubts, and the way it keeps you from… Read More ›
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WELL, THAT’S A SPECIAL KIND OF DUMB
“What gets us into trouble is not what we don’t know. It’s what we know for sure that just ain’t so.” ― Mark Twain Years ago I worked at a bar down in the Elliston Place area of Nashville…. Read More ›
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WHAT COMES FIRST, UNITY OR JUSTICE?
“Upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.” ― Alexander the Great I tell you, I could go a long time without another week like last week. Unfortunately, early indicators are that more of the same with… Read More ›
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ARE BETTER TIMES REALLY AHEAD?
“I think the world honestly would be a much healthier place if instead of trying to find rationalizations for our bad behavior we would just say, “I was an asshole. Sure, there were reasons behind it, but that doesn’t matter.”… Read More ›
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EDUCATION MYTHS OF 2021
“The music we play has to be tomorrow’s, the things we say have to be today, and the reason for bothering is yesterday.” ― Pete Townshend, Who I Am 2021 is now officially underway, and unsurprisingly, it’s coming in… Read More ›
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A 360 DEGREE VIEW
“Investigations, meditations, careers, relationships were much the same, he mused. They failed because no one thought to ask the right question.” ― Eliot Pattison, The Skull Mantra It’s taken 364 days to get here, but we have arrived. Today… Read More ›
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THE MOST READ DAD GONE WILD PIECE FROM 2020
As we approach the end of a tumultuous year, things are starting to kick forth in the education world. Yesterday, Governor Lee announce a special session of the General Assembly to focus on education issues. The five areas to be… Read More ›
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AND NOW FOR THE SECOND MOST READ PIECE OF THE YEAR…
The second most-read article of 2020 comes from September and focuses on the Schwinigans at the Tennessee Department of Education. The Department has been a constant source of bad practices and ineptitude since Ms. Schwinn arrived from Texas, where he… Read More ›
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DGW’s THIRD MOST READ ARTICLE OF THE YEAR
As we close out a year that has rocked so many lives, in so many ways, I’d like to spend the last days of the year reprinting the three most widely read pieces from the last year. One a day…. Read More ›
