An email I just sent with the subject heading: “A discussion of suicide” September 3, 2016 NOTE that I have corrected this post here. ******** I keep thinking about a truncated discussion we had on suicide after one of our… Continue Reading
Can a 65 year old white man who has never had a period become the Amy Shumer of American School Boards? April 21, 2016 A year or two ago I heard an NPR story about a woman comedian who tells the raunchiest stories imaginable and about her great… Continue Reading
Martell’s heartbreak – just kidding August 23, 2014 This is the fifth post in a series. To read them in order I’d suggest going back five posts ago to “Promises, Promises” and… Continue Reading
An old friend’s daughter does good June 24, 2014 An old high school buddy, who I haven’t seen since he got married thirty years ago, and I found each other on the Internet… Continue Reading
Civility < Honesty May 21, 2014 School Board member Rosie Loeffler-Kemp informed the Board that she would be bringing the Civility Pledge to the Board for us to renew our… Continue Reading
Zealots, Ethics, Buying Clubs, Snowdays and… March 12, 2014 …stepping away from the precipice. Since last Tuesday’s closed door school board meeting about negotiations I’ve spent the week stepping back from the precipice…. Continue Reading
Stuff happens and then you die AND moon dust August 16, 2013 Other than substituting a saltier four letter word with the soft gauzy nothing “Stuff” there is truth to this unexceptional saying. (Moon dust will… Continue Reading
Semper Fi March 25, 2013 This post was prompted by the event last week at my Mother’s care facility. That will be the brief subject of the succeeding post… Continue Reading
Confession is good for the soul February 20, 2013 After my Buddy set me to questioning the police he sent me this questioning doctors. I suspect that what drew my buddy’s attention to… Continue Reading
My favorite movie – Pt 2 (another unedited late night mental ramble) February 20, 2013 Author Harold Holzter makes a strong case for the Cooper’s Union speech being the event that made him President. You could read Doris Kearn’s… Continue Reading
My favorite movie – Pt 1 (another late night unedited mental ramble) February 19, 2013 I’ve been watching and rewatching some marvelous British Television series lately. Tonight I watched two more hours of “The Hour” on Amazon’s live stream… Continue Reading
Reading vs. fund raising January 26, 2013 I’m in the midst of a fascinating chapter in the book “Black Sea” which is explaining much to me about the sorry history of… Continue Reading
Dr. Whoa! The secret life of Prof. James Fezter January 4, 2013 I’m periodically subjected to stories about ex UMD professor Jim Fetzer. Today the DNT told us that Fetzer’s latest research strongly suggests that the… Continue Reading
No purple dating October 31, 2012 I think it started with the Democrats purging pro lifers in the 1970’s and accelerated with the Republicans who purged anyone who looked cross-eyed… Continue Reading
Four good hours of sleep March 5, 2012 To my long time fans (all eight of you) and the few snakes who couldn’t take their eyes off my snake charming during the… Continue Reading
A blogger dies with his boots on – so what? March 1, 2012 Andrew Brietbart died in large part because he couldn’t stop mattering in the news, in his blog, in the culture war. This is how… Continue Reading
When copyright laws were extended to 75 years… February 23, 2012 …I paid attention. We need a Congressmen who would take us back to the original intent of our copyright and patent laws. They are… Continue Reading
A brave person just died bringing us the truth. February 17, 2012 Anthony Shadid was one of the world’s most predictable murder victims. An honest reporter. Anthony never let the plaudits get to his head. He… Continue Reading
