Outside the school, a light rain fell, dripping down the old red bricks. Inside the 9th grade civics classroom, shiny-clean students with new fall clothes barely noticed the weather as the opening bell rang, and latecomers fumbled with text books… Read More ›
Politics
History Class in High School 1960
As I walked into class, absently observing the back side of Cary Ross, the tardy bell rang, and we both scrambled to our seats. If you were not seated when the bell stopped ringing, some teachers would mark you tardy. … Read More ›
Western Civilization
Here we are in 2020 trying to decide whether to tear down statues of dead white men and whether people should be prosecuted for setting fire to local businesses. How did we get here, anyway? I believe that where we… Read More ›
Bothered by Polarization – Look to the Middle
Many of us feel disturbed by statements about the US being a “polarized” nation. When I looked into it, the first thing I noticed is how polarized the news media have become. To a casual observer, the war between Fox… Read More ›