“A journalist should never join the Establishment, no matter how tempting the blandishments. It is our job to hold power to account, not join it.” ― Frederick Forsyth, The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue. At 3pm today, Governor Bill Lee… Read More ›
Education
THEATER OF THE ABSURD REDUX
“pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.” ― William B. Irvine, A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy If the first week of school was any indication,… Read More ›
WATCHING THE DETECTIVES
“Today’s headlines and history’s judgment are rarely the same. If you are too attentive to the former, you will most certainly not do the hard work of securing the latter.” ― Condoleezza Rice, No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My… Read More ›
SO MUCH NOISE, SO LITTLE TIME…OR SUBSTANCE
“Unless you’re ashamed of yourself now and then, you’re not honest” ― William Faulkner The world of education was abuzz with the sounds of preparation this past week. While it was a welcome sound, it wasn’t one always created… Read More ›
WHY ARE ADULT CONCERNS THE PREFERRED CONCERNS?
“The essence of man is really his paradoxical nature, the fact that he is half animal and half symbolic.” ― Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death “Dada, I need you to schedule an eye appointment”, my 7th-grade daughter says to me… Read More ›
CAN WE STICK TO WHAT WE KNOW?
“You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca, On the Shortness of Life Apologies for the lag in columns. We were in Orlando last weekend for… Read More ›
NOW THAT’S A HEAD SCRATCHER
“Great is the power of steady misrepresentation” ― Charles Darwin By this time tomorrow, we’ll be hours from Orlando. Saturday my youngest competes in the Pan Am Games in Jui Jitsu. It’ll be a stressful, but welcome reprieve from… Read More ›
EVEN MORE QUESTIONS
“Maybe my passion is nothing special, but at least it’s mine.” ― Tove Jansson, Travelling Light Today we are going to revisit the themes and stories of Fridays’ post, as more has come to light over the weekend. Hopefully,… Read More ›
QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, I GOT QUESTIONS
“No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it” ― Fernando Pessoa Sometimes it’s the things that are not talked about that echo the loudest. Case in point, this week reigning State Superintendent… Read More ›
HOW DO WE CHOOSE?
“Sometimes, because we use the same words, we assume we mean the same thing” ― Ahdaf Soueif, The Map of Love I continue to read extensively about America’s ongoing battle with history – the stories we tell and how… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 