Last night Ed Johnson suggested I listen to a podcast, Jennifer Berkshire interview Nancy MacLean, on the subject “The Long Crusade against Public Schools.” I did, and thus is post. You can click on the graphic and listen to...
Read MoreShock and Awe: The Anthropocene in the Age of Trump The Anthropocene is a proposed geological time period that marks the effects of human activity on the planet Earth. According to one concept, the Anthropocene means relating...
Read MoreWhy Does POTUS Make the Office of President a Laughing Stock? I received a letter from a friend and colleague who lives in Australia. Back in the day, we were colleagues in the field of science education research and worked...
Read MoreStrict Father Morality (SFM) (based on the research of Dr. George Lakoff, UC Berkley): Results in Moral Strength which requires one to stand up to evil, and have self-discipline to engage evil; MS sees the world in terms of a...
Read MoreLetter to Senator Purdue: Please Do Not Support Trump’s Bullying & the Paris Cancelation I received a reply to my recent letter to Georgia Senator David Purdue regarding the firing of James Comey from his position as...
Read MoreTrump in England You’re probably wondering if Trump made a secret trip across the Channel while in Brussels. He did not. However, he is on the mind of many British people, and certainly the mind of the British Prime...
Read MoreWe fly into Manchester, England two or three times each year, and then travel to Lincoln, which is a city about 120 miles from Manchester. We are in Lincoln now, and have been for more than a week. The bombing at the...
Read MoreTREXIT: Trump Needs to Exit the White House I’m on a VirginAtlantic flight to Manchester, UK visiting a country that we have traveled to over the past 32 years. It’s business and pleasure, but that’s not what this post is...
Read More“You Can’t Trust People in Power,” James Comey James Comey’s abrupt firing as director of the FBI has led some legal experts to claim that Trump’s action represents an abuse of power by an elected...
Read MoreBreaking News: I’m sitting at my iMac, and Wolf Blitzer announces that James Comey, Director of the FBI has been fired by Trump, the Authoritarian. The last time something like this happened was in 1973, when Richard...
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