This entry was first published in the Petoskey News Review on April 2, 2014. With the long overdue announcement today that President Obama is going to seek normalization of relations with Cuba, along came more “anything but Obama” attacks from the right. “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.” The political and historical […]
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More Innocent Blood Spilled by the Radical Right; Is there any going back?
When will enough be enough? A couple of days after the second anniversary of the Sandy Hook school massacre, I am sitting on the floor in a darkened classroom as the PA announces that we are in a lockdown. Normally teachers get notice of upcoming drills, and we had had no such warning. Directions come […]
- An open letter to my students…all of them…
- These are the times; Paine and Trump
- I’m an Elitist:Is that a slam?
- The Constitution: Just what are we protecting anyway?
- Word Inflation; Just how do you tell someone to F-off?
- Divorcing Friends; It’s not you…it’s me.
- Engage! Engage! Engage!
- Tales from Kosovo: “100% dead”
- John Engler: Terrorist
- Lessons from Sarajevo
- Did trump fork up? Looking at Iran
- The Catholic Church, The Pieta, and Me
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