MO Gov Parson gave a speech to MO education administrators recently, which has me feeling a tad ranty. In it, he spoke glowingly of his friend ‘Margie’, director of DESE (MO Dept of Elementary and Secondary Education), and encouraged MO’s poor public s…
Commemorating Veterans Day once again with two earlier memories; one from six years ago now, which was itself remembering this day from 5 years before that, and doing so recalls what persists across time on this day, our fellows who choose ‘the harder …
I can’t tell you how long I’ve been waiting for an action such as this. Homeschooling is always good to see. Micro-Schools and Learning Pods have been encouraging. Parents fighting back against school boards and starting their own private schools, has …
If you live in Missouri, and you’re interested in learning what school boards can and should do, and perhaps becoming a candidate yourself, these people (Dr. Mary Byrne is one of the speakers) know what you should know. Join United for Principled Pol…
What is the purpose of Sunshine Requests? To let in a sanitizing sunlight on govt activities that seem shadowy to citizens who have concerns that they are possibly involved in improper or illegal behavior, right? Do you suppose that the legislation was…
It’s that time again, to speak truth to the power of the woke folk, who fail to give any thought to the noise in their virtue signaling, as they continue to prattle on about wanting to change ‘Columbus Day’ to ‘Indigenous Peoples Day’, it’s time to re-…
This is a small portion of an interview with a philosophy professor specializing in Aristotle, Carrie-Ann Biondi, on why she recently left Academia, and it is well worth reading. She goes into the problems that students have with being ready for colle…
Infrastructure… indeed. Have you wondered about the bizarre contents of the ‘Free!’ multi-trillion dollar Infrastructure Bill moving through congress, and wondered how the hell studying racial & gender inequities, and green lunches, fit into an i…
Today, a day that hasn’t warranted a ‘Google Doodle’, is the 234th birthday of the United States Constitution. Peruse it or lose it… and the liberty it was written to preserve. What was signed as completed upon this day, two hundred and thirty-thre…
I soOooo love and agree with this video from James Lindsay, of New Discourses, on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. You should listen to the entire video, but if nothing else, listen and pay attention to the first five minutes of it, and take it very …
What we’ve forgotten to rememberSomething a little different to begin marking the 20th year since September 11th, 2001. My usual remembrance will be down below, but I’m not willing to pretend that our present circumstances don’t matter in relation to i…