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One of the leaders in Teaching for Social Justice is William Ayers, who is a Distinguished Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Ayers was also a member of the Weather Underground in the 1960s/70s, … Continue reading →

Military presentation leaves many Dumbfounded. ‘When we understand that slide, we’ll have won the war,’ General Stanley McChrystal, the US and NATO force commander, remarked wryly when confronted by the sprawling spaghetti diagram in a briefing. Read more…

The History Channel’s “America: The Story of Us,” began with a nice introduction by President Obama. Rolfe at Jamestown, the horrible conditions, and the exceptional nature of the survival of the early colonies. Then in an even more grand style, … Continue reading →

[This was a paper I wrote several years ago during my first year in Graduate School. I'm posting it as I thought it was decent, though surely flawed. Any comments appreciated!] By the outbreak of the Civil War the importance … Continue reading →

Temple, TX, has brought back corporal punishment to its schools after decades of progressive positive behavior tactics have utterly failed. Students were becoming more defiant and so much so that their parents are the ones who led the charge to … Continue reading →

The prompt for this week’s discussion in one of my graduate classes and based on the numerous readings was: “If you had to select one defining moment, challenge, social cause, technological achievement, or political struggle that marked the start of … Continue reading →

The recent controversy surrounding Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell when he issued a proclamation in honor of Confederate History Month that did not include a reference to slavery — an unforgivable omission — the fact that the Civil War is still … Continue reading →

I have the utmost respect for the brave black men and women who stand for their values as Republicans. Think about it. Not the easiest of stances. To identify themselves as Republicans, gasp, Conservatives, yikes, or, blasphemy, Tea Partiers, must … Continue reading →

Tucked away nicely inside the bill that will bring the eventual nationalization of our heath care system are provisions to dramatically alter something totally unrelated: college student lending. The add-on sends billions of dollars into Pell Grants for students by … Continue reading →

Last week was pretty serious around here for the most part, so from the lighter side of history: (Source)