After trashing our 401ks, Trump aims at public education April 18, 2025 Last post Next post The even longer subtitle of my latest Reader piece is: Maybe to be followed by science, health, FEMA, climate change,… Continue Reading
Shortchanging the poor…..still April 9, 2025 Last post Next post I can only give you a quick description of this story from April 7 in the Times: There is a… Continue Reading
Axe handle Maddox and Jimmy Carter April 9, 2025 Last post Next post Until Donald Trump no President has seriously attempted to put an end to the Department of Education since Ronald Reagan… Continue Reading
Dirty little Secrets in Education April 9, 2025 Last post Next post The previous post begins by mentioning my state of mind in 1992 when I challenged a Republican nominee for the… Continue Reading
My 1992 Prediction of a Trump GOP with introductory context April 9, 2025 Last post Next post My pal John wanted me to send him the speech that I claim is one of the first prophecies of… Continue Reading
Two more books March 3, 2025 Last post Next post I meant for this to be my big non political post but the previous post eclipsed it. Yup. I’m over… Continue Reading
Detroit February 18, 2025 Previous post Next post Detroit is the first “race riot” I remember. It was only one in a long string of “race riots” in… Continue Reading
The “my reading” I didn’t get to in the last post February 17, 2025 Previous Post Next Post The book that is opened to the grey pages is Driven Out. If you buy it at Amazon remember the… Continue Reading
The president who hides his college grades, My reading, Crude honesty vs. Honey February 17, 2025 Previous post Next post There is a reason Donald Trump will sue the University of Pennsylvania if they release his grades as a graduate… Continue Reading
Study Hall……my latest Reader column May 5, 2024 Study Hall begins: My best memory, my only memory, of study hall was the time I was reading Huckleberry Finn for an American literature… Continue Reading
The-amazing-colossal-defender-of-democracy, in the Reader today March 23, 2024 Read it here. The Amazing colossal defender of democracy Continue Reading
Latest from my 1972 series – the best compliment I ever got February 22, 2024 Tecla Karpen’s Compliment Continue Reading
AI and education February 22, 2024 There were several interesting columns online today which I thought worth reposting. This is a screen shot of a column about how AI is… Continue Reading
A few breaths of air before some quickish blogging and before I plunge back into my world changing book editing February 15, 2024 That’s one of the longer titles I’ve ever written. And this is meant to be a short post. Before I set out for my… Continue Reading
Smile emoji January 29, 2024 Now that I have begun posting on my blog again my french pen pal has returned to it to improve her english despite my… Continue Reading
The Last Eight Days, Reader column published Oct 3, 2003 January 28, 2024 I don’t go back and read old columns often but I’ve begun to do that as I mine ideas for my possible race against… Continue Reading
Looking back on my Reader Columns as I put a book together January 28, 2024 NOTE This comes from 10:30 PM – I have been organizing materials all day and I just discovered a trove of documentation I’d forgotten… Continue Reading
Maybe this is the start of my next Reader Column April 20, 2023 I have only rarely taken posts for the blog and turned them into Reader Columns. Today my be an exception but only if I… Continue Reading
Duolingo Complaints February 7, 2023 From the first weeks on Duoling five years ago I found people griping about how it made changes to the language learning game they… Continue Reading
A note about the passing of a school board colleague of mine August 23, 2022 The photo in the Tribune doesn’t do Laura Condon justice. Laura was no nonsense when I worked with her but she didn’t glower. She… Continue Reading