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These are the times; Paine and Trump

  Eight years ago today, I was in my first year of teaching at Gaylord High School.  I was teaching an American Government class, and it had been a very eventful first semester.  The historic election of Barack Obama, I was told by a student, was due to his being “half-white” since black people are […]

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America’s New 9/11

(This column appeared in the December 5th edition of the Northern Express.) It’s been a couple of weeks since the country decided to elect arguably the least qualified and most inappropriate candidate in our history to its highest office.  For many of us, the shock has yet to wear off…and for me, I doubt it […]

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