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A Hug on a Porch; Hope for us all?
It started with an awkward hello and ended with an embrace between two 60 something year old men on a porch in northern Michigan. In between was a chance for two strangers from different countries to share some thoughts and some raw emotions about the United States in 2018. My wife and I start most […]
COMING TO A MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM NEAR YOU?
This first appeared in the Northern Express here COMING TO A MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM NEAR YOU? BY MARK PONTONI | JUNE 23, 2018 “Identify the individuals whose principles of laws and government institutions informed the American founding documents, including those of Moses, William Blackstone, John Locke, and Charles de Montesquieu.” (Texas Social Studies Standard […]
The Grumblings 