Many Rivers, Little Info, Self fulfilling prophecies September 22, 2016 I asked our School Board Chair if we could set up a coffee date after Tuesday’s school board meeting but was told she was… Continue Reading
Two emails to the School Board September 21, 2016 The news of additional offers by other school entities to buy our white elephant closed schools is ripping a scab off yet again. This… Continue Reading
Many Rivers, Little info September 21, 2016 Yesterday’s School Board meeting will be up on Youtube in a few days. It was nearly three and a half hours long. My seatmate,… Continue Reading
Homage to Andrew Sullivan September 21, 2016 My Buddy sent me a link to a commentary by my all time favorite blogger, Andrew Sullivan, in which he takes oodles and oodles… Continue Reading
homage to the Philippines September 20, 2016 For the past couple months the Philippines, or probably servers in the Philippines have been sending out robots to investigate my blogsite. Their “hits”… Continue Reading
Equity for Denfeld September 20, 2016 Last week’s Education Committee got very interesting at the 54 minute mark. Its finaly on Youtube. Continue Reading
Segue from Mr. Robot to Megamind with some religion and poly sci. mixed in September 19, 2016 I just read a synopsis of Song of Solomon in a fat Bible Commentary to better understand what I had just read. The commentary… Continue Reading
Mr. Robot and the paranoia that knows even a Lincoln fails the sainthood test September 18, 2016 I have to go to church. I’ll finish and proof read this later……probably not till tonight after we watch another episode of Mr. Robot… Continue Reading
The abandonment of true journalism September 18, 2016 Donald Trump is, among other things, a fellow who has profited mightily by the faltering of twentieth century journalism. In its place is a… Continue Reading
The value of true journalism September 18, 2016 This story chronicles the lastest chapter in the saga of the Timberjay newspaper which incurred the wrath of its minority share holders by out-reporting… Continue Reading
Highs and lows. September 16, 2016 After my Congdon visit this morning I served lunch at the Damiano Soup Kitchen. Chicken gravy over fresh mashed potatos. It was very popular…. Continue Reading
Oswald Reference Services and a more successful visit to Congdon September 16, 2016 I am so glad Alanna Oswald is on the Board. Everything that I missed for the decade I was off the School Board she… Continue Reading
Think twice before pushing “send” September 16, 2016 So begins the NY Times piece on panic spreading on Capital Hill as the Russians make public yet another luminaries personal emails: WASHINGTON —… Continue Reading
Get the lead out September 15, 2016 After I was nearly finished scraping and painting the sides of my house this summer I began thinking that I should have at least… Continue Reading
Mulch alternatives wait for no School Board September 15, 2016 Cory Kirsling, one of the Lester Park parents who successfully persuaded the School Board to come up with a new playground surface told me… Continue Reading
Newsweek’s story on Trump’s 500 overseas tentacles September 15, 2016 US Grant was derided for years as an incompetant President who presided over a corrupt nation. Recent scholarship is much more charitable. Lincoln was… Continue Reading
Madison and Monroe – state’s rights before States September 15, 2016 Before I delivered my grandsons to school this morning I had a half dozen posts pounding on my door begging to be written and… Continue Reading
Subject heading on an email I sent to myself at noon: “Any mouse” September 14, 2016 Prompted by reading the chalk board at Canal Park Brewing which read: Any loaf of bread is a waste of good grain that could… Continue Reading
How yesterday started September 14, 2016 Yesterday I got a lousy night’s sleep. They seem to have come back again with the beginning of the School Year after a relatively… Continue Reading
How my day started September 14, 2016 At 7:09 Claudia came downstairs and asked me if I didn’t have a men’s group meeting I was supposed to be at. One quick… Continue Reading