Author Archives
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THE PRIDE OF OVERTON CLUSTER
“What we see changes what we know. What we know changes what we see.” ― Jean Piaget It was a deep hit ball to the outfield. As the ball traveled towards the wall, the outfielder moved towards it. Tracking… Read More ›
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AN UNQUENCHABLE HUBRIS
“The irony of our culture is that people are constantly telling other people to go to hell, but no one tells them to go to heaven.” ― Art Buchwald, Too Soon to Say Goodbye Well, that didn’t take long… Read More ›
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DO WE HAVE THE CORRECT PRIORITIES?
“Every story has at least a little truth in it. Every story comes from somewhere.” ― J.J. Abrams This morning I drove to Wal-mart around 7:45 to get coffee. There is a rapid COVID-19 testing site in a building… Read More ›
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HMMMM…THAT’S A COINCIDENCE
“grammar in learning is like tyranny in government – confound the bitch I’ll never be her slave.” ― John Clare I’ve been doing advocacy work for a minute or two now. Unfortunately, it’s made me a little jaded. When… Read More ›
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A TALE OF TWO RE-OPENINGS
“What was difficult was the travel, which, on arrival, is forgotten.” ― Louise Gluck As fall Break for MNPS comes to a close, I can’t help but be struck by the irony of the Tennessee Titans struggling to return… Read More ›
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WILL BETSY DEVOS AND THE USDOE ALLOW THE SCHWINIGANS TO CONTINUE UNABATED?
“Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.” ― George Eliot, Adam Bede The hits from 2020 keep right on coming. Last week it was the legendary St. Lous Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson. This week, it’s… Read More ›
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A NEVER ENDING STREAM OF CONFUSION
“The good news for the Washington Federals is they do not have a quarterback controversy. The bad news is they do not have a quarterback.” ― Jeff Pearlman, Football for a Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the… Read More ›
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HARD PLUS INCONVENIENT DOES NOT EQUAL INEFFECTIVE
“That was it. That was all of it. A grace so ordinary there was no reason at all to remember it. Yet I have never across the forty years since it was spoken forgotten a single word.” ― William Kent… Read More ›
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GUTCHECK
“[P]erhaps you notice how the denial is so often the preface to the justification.” ― Christopher Hitchens, Hitch 22: A Memoir You would think that if a politician stood in front of a room full of microphones and made… Read More ›
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LET’S SEE WHAT CREDO HAS TO SAY
“Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about them, the more positively they attempt to argue concerning them, while on the other hand to… Read More ›