My old buddy loves the Simon and Garfunkel song Kodachrome October 14, 2013 He won’t read my blog any more because I’m so bigoted against Republicans but I’ve got to say my life is a lot easier… Continue Reading
A Brainer October 14, 2013 Last week the DNT endorsed two District candidates for the School Board. One was described as a “no brainer” endorsement. I’m not sure I… Continue Reading
A scramble of words to live by October 13, 2013 I’ve currently got four adages competing for space in my head. One of them is primal and comes from my elementary school years. It’s… Continue Reading
Nevermind those impressive blog stats from yesterday October 13, 2013 I just checked to see how many visitors my blog had yesterday. You might recall I said that by 10AM it was an impressive… Continue Reading
Saving the Duluth Public Schools Pt. 1 a new thread October 12, 2013 I’ve predicted disaster for the Duluth Schools for six years. When I ran for the School board in 2006 Duluth wasn’t ready for that… Continue Reading
Why I blog at night – to get back to sleep October 12, 2013 In my “weepy” interview with Jana Hollingsworth she asked me why I get up at night to write. She did not say write my… Continue Reading
Blind faith and the levy referendum October 10, 2013 This lady nailed the District’s problem getting people to support its levy requests in a letter to the editor. Her conclusion: Until the School… Continue Reading
Malkovich does an interview – gets all weepy October 10, 2013 Well no. It wasn’t Malkovich doing an interview. It was me. I had an appointment to explain myself to the Trib’s lonely Education reporter… Continue Reading
Sorry Mom October 10, 2013 I always try to visit my Mom every four of five days. I should have peeked in on her today to sing but there… Continue Reading
Watch out for the Jersey Turnpike October 10, 2013 Those select cinefiles who have watched the peculiar movie “Being John Malkovich” will understand this reference. That’s because the much esteemed actor, Malkovich, who… Continue Reading
My impression of Carnac the Magnificent October 8, 2013 I was going to explain “high fives” which I mentioned in the last post. I thought I might have described them in some much… Continue Reading
The Teacher’s Contract Pt 7 – What does Frank want? October 8, 2013 i recommend starting this series from the beginning. Frank rallies in his conclusion. He’s barred his bare bottoms to the School board like Mel… Continue Reading
The Teacher’s Contract Pt 6 – Is Frank ignorant of our teacher’s pain? October 8, 2013 Not hardly! “If teachers work harder, have more responsibility, reach more kids, put in longer days and produce impressive results there is a reward…. Continue Reading
The Teacher’s Contract Pt 5 – Cherry Picking October 8, 2013 I’ll spare you Frank’s recitation of the School Board’s chintzy offer of 0% raises. As you might imagine he is offended. How does he… Continue Reading
The Teacher’s Contract Pt 4 – What the DFT’s go along policy has wrought October 8, 2013 Frank unloads the many burdens placed upon teacher’s backs by the School Board. “Talk about a modest proposal. This is it. We don’t want… Continue Reading
The Teacher’s Contract Pt 3 – Picking Wanner apart October 8, 2013 In the next few posts I’ll paste in selected passages of Frank’s wounded prose to stick needles through starting with what this sorrowful missive… Continue Reading
The Teacher’s Contract Pt 2 – A balancing act October 8, 2013 I hope you haven’t fallen under Frank’s spell with his long sentences with their mesmerizing clauses: “The new school year has started. Teachers have… Continue Reading
The Teacher’s Contract Pt 1 – Vintage Wanner October 8, 2013 I haven’t had the pleasure of skewering a Frank Wanner screed in a fourteen years. Until our my School Board hired Julio Almanza I… Continue Reading
The Teacher’s Contract prologue: “Are those jobs really gone?” October 8, 2013 I was holding this piece off for my Not Eudora column after the election. However, it seems timely: ”Are those Jobs Really Gone?” When… Continue Reading
New Threads October 8, 2013 I probably typed 5,000 to 10,000 words up yesterday not all for the blog. As I told a coorespondent I have a small but… Continue Reading