Author Archives
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AN EMERITUS QUESTION
“Please don’t grow up to be one of those men who lie for the sport of it, and most men do. That’s a fact. That’s why the world is so messed up, Noah. That’s why history books are full of… Read More ›
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TALES OF THE SERIAL GRIFTERS
“If I had followed my better judgment always, my life would have been a very dull one.” ― Edgar Rice Burroughs “It takes just as much energy to be an asshole as it does to be kind.” ― LeVar Burton… Read More ›
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WHEN IS COMMON CORE NOT EXACTLY COMMON CORE?
“This country’s drifting into serious trouble because of the clamor for simple and immediate solutions to complex problems that will take years to solve—even with total effort on both sides.” ― John Jakes, North and South “What would men be… Read More ›
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IT GOING TO BE A LONG HARD JOURNEY
“Innumerable confusions and a profound feeling of despair invariably emerge in periods of great technological and cultural transitions. Our “Age of Anxiety” is, in great part, the result of trying to do today’s job with yesterday’s tools—with yesterday’s concepts.” ―… Read More ›
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EDUCATION MALPRACTICE?
50, there is a new warmth and mellowing. Friends become more important than ever, but so does privacy. Since it is so often proclaimed by people past midlife, the motto of this stage might be “No more bullshit. Gail Sheehy, Passages:… Read More ›
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HOW MANY ARE YOU WILLING TO SACRIFICE
Your eyes seek conclusion in all this confusion of mine Though you and I both know it’s only the warm glow of wine That’s got you to feeling this way But I don’t care, I want you to stay And… Read More ›
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DISAPPOINTED BUT STILL SUPPORTIVE.
“Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.” ― Immanuel Kant “Grant stood by me when I was crazy,… Read More ›
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CHANGE IS AFOOT WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT
“We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies.” Politician turned Union General Nathaniel Banks, in plea he couldn’t abandon an untenable position.” ― Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort… Read More ›
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ROUND 3 IS NOW UNDERWAY
“I sometimes think we must be all mad and that we shall wake to sanity in strait-waistcoats.” ― Bram Stoker, Dracula “If we judge ourselves only by our aspirations and everyone else only their conduct we shall soon reach a… Read More ›
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WHEN LIFE EMULATES AN ICEBREAKER
“We should be rigorous in judging ourselves and gracious in judging others.” ― John Wesley “Authority is supposedly grounded in wisdom, but I could see from a very early age that authority was only a system of control and it… Read More ›
