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After being prepared to teach high school biology, I ended up as a college prof working with preservice and inservice teachers. There is an expression “when the tool you have is a hammer, everything begins to look like a nail” … Continue reading →

Let me begin this post by providing an important data point. I am 70 years old and I retired from my position as a college professor when I was 65. Many college profs retire later than this, but I decided … Continue reading →

The 2016 election turned me into a political news junkie. I mostly listen and watch CNN and MSNBC and read the New York Times. The one podcast I follow is Pod Save America. Pod Save America is voiced by four … Continue reading →

NPR has just released an interesting article on teacher salaries. The article begins noting that this is the campaign season and focusing on Democratic candidates lists several campaign promises related to teacher salaries. Bernie Sanders proposes raising the starting salary … Continue reading →

Most people probably don’t think carefully about the revenue model underlying their online experiences. They pay their monthly fee to their Internet provider and their phone company, they pay for a few apps, and they assume this covers their responsibility. … Continue reading →

The situation with the indictment of a sitting President would seem to fall into that “things they did not tell you in school” (even if you were listening) category. That thing that “no one is above the law” that is … Continue reading →

This comparison of viewers aligned with the broadcast networks, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox reveals striking differences in reaction to questions regarding Trump and the Mueller probe. The responses clearly show that the opinions of Fox viewers are much different than … Continue reading →

This article from the Verge explains that the White House believes conservatives are being treated unfairly by social media companies and that it intends to make this a campaign issue in the next election. Pointing to the lack of transparency … Continue reading →

We have made a road trip to Amish greenhouses near St. Charles, MN, an annual event. Several different Amish families have constructed greenhouses on their farms as a revenue source and the forms are located close enough together that is … Continue reading →

Ah, it’s tough out there, a good muse is hard to findLiving one word to the next, one line at a timeThere’s more to life than whiskey, there’s more to words than rhymeSometimes nothing works, sometimes nothing shinesLike Hemingway’s whiskey … Continue reading →