Among other things, you’ll find that you’re not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You’re by no means alone on that score, you’ll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many… Read More ›
Education
THANK YOU SIR, MAY I HAVE ANOTHER
“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.” ― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist Watching the conversations around the Governor’s proposed reforming of Tennessee’s school funding formula(BEP) over the past several months has… Read More ›
ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD
“We don’t like being out of the loop.” “You’re always out of the loop. The loop’s miles away. Nearest you’ll get to being in the loop is when they make a documentary about it and show it on the History… Read More ›
THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET INTERESTING
“You cannot observe people through an ideology. Your ideology observes for you.” ― Philip Roth Like everything in our lives these days, there is a concentrated effort to depict education policy through a political lens. As if one party… Read More ›
IT’S ALWAYS ABOUT THE DETAILS
“Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.” ― P.J. O’Rourke I spent my formative years in a small rural community in the Pocono’s. For those of you not familiar, the Poconos… Read More ›
FLIP FLOPPIN AWAY
“I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.” ― will smith Those of you who have done a little fishing likely are aware of what happens when you take a fish off the hook… Read More ›
A REAL DAMP SQUIB
I have learned that the ambition of those who follow selfish precepts is no more than a chaotic waste, a finite gain that must be followed by infinite loss. For there is indeed a harmony in the universe, a concordant… Read More ›
IN SEARCH OF INFORMED PATRIOTISM
“Love truth, but pardon error.” ― Voltaire Yesterday I was traveling home from Luna Records when I passed the bus station. I did a quick double-take upon spotting my buddy Slotsky standing there with a suitcase in hand. “What… Read More ›
PEEKING BEHIND THE CURTAIN
“Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own.” ― Jean Toomer This weekend I’ve came to the conclusion that I have to get someone to ban this column. I don’t know who, but nothing… Read More ›
BANNING BOOKS IN 2022
“Words. I had always loved them. I collected them like I had collected pretty stones as a child. I liked to roll words over my tongue like a lump of molten honeycomb, savoring the sweetness, the crackle, the crunch.”― Kate… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 