“The Wave” is back — this time it’s not a high school experiment — The One America wave was posted all over Twitter this Sunday after the former president spoke at a rally in Youngstown, Ohio. The pictures that evening were posted by disgusted reporters who realized that the attendees were told to raise their right hand (only) and put up one finger. It…

“I would surely be fired if I taught the material I was so committed to teach”…aka: the truth — UPDATE TO STORY: Many readers are confused by the title’s premise that I would indeed be fired. Truth be told, I never for a moment thought my colleagues were correct — cynical, but wrong. …

And what can be done? — As a veteran of 32 high school campaigns, I have ‘Teacher Dreams.’ I am told that a great many teachers have similar ‘dreams’. Usually, I am back in a classroom or at a high school event like a pep rally floating in strange, surreal dreams. I find myself trying to…

Historians often remind us (because we clearly need reminding) that once there was ‘A Greatest Generation.’ The men and woman of all races and creeds took to the South Pacific Seas, the Normandy Beaches and the White Cliffs of Dover to dismantle murderous regimes. But there was so much more…

Money Trumps Morality “Show me the money!” is the raging chant of professional golf and it has always been so. However, this week the checks will now be written by the nefarious crown princes from the oil rich, human rights violators in Saudi Arabia. The same nation that was primarily…

Teaching in a Public School. That’s right. — You can take a MASTERCLASS in everything imaginable: learning the violin, acting lessons, fashion stylings, Italian cooking, success in business and love, crypto currency do’s and don’t…suffice it to say that it is an endless list. I know. I just kept scrolling and scrolling and scrolling through the cornucopia of…

The Complete Collection of His Hits on Humanity — He’s back. He’s an infection that, as of now, no antibiotic seems to kill. His bacteria spread like the plague. He is pandemic, personified. His contagion has crossed the oceans into nations that once cherished and trusted America. No longer. His latest outburst is that the Republicans should not bend…

Separate and Intentionally Unequal Part 1 of 2 — Private schools. Private colleges. Private healthcare. Privatization is for those who can afford it. And so it will be with abortion, more on that in a minute. The 1% to the a portion of the top 10% will live in their gated communities with private security and fire and police…

And then there’s the politics…and politicians. Part 2 — The second in a two part series on the attack from the right on public institutions and the govenrment Act 1 — The Navy submarine lieutenant in WWII and self-made peanut farmer from Georgia was replaced the B film actor who pretended to be a soldier in commercials. He then…