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There are few things I am less qualified to discuss than a government bailout bill. I’ve tried to keep track of everything, but when the talk turns to Mortgage Backed Securities and other numbers games my eyes glaze over. But there are a few observations that stand out:
1. Like most problems in modern day America, [...]

Is it possible to see a grown man on a BMX bike and not assume he has been doing meth all night?
(Inspired by a near-miss on the way to work today.)

At this point in time is it really possible for any intelligent American to argue that George Bush is anything but the worst president of my lifetime?
(I’ve sincerely tried to avoid that conclusion for a long time but $700 billion goes a long way toward settling a debate.)
Update: I guess somebody disagrees.
This Administration deserves to [...]

Friday’s homecoming assembly was a debacle–amazingly hot for 82 degrees, a female flag football game that involved relentlessly repetitive “option” plays without passing as an option (thus leading to an endless run of three-yard losses), and a mini-rebellion by parched students trying to leave the stadium to get a drink. (I was oddly disappointed that [...]

In an attempt to (1) make my students read more complex nonfiction, (2) make myself move away from the easy teaching of literature to 10th graders, an approach that requires minimal mental effort, and (3) a horror at the mindlessness of the 2008 election, I decided to start each week with a close reading and [...]

Don’t…write…about…politics…Don’t…write…about…politics…Okay, only one comment. People are dying, families are losing their houses, unemployment is rising, and we’re pretending that a candidate called another candidate a “pig,” as though we’re back on the playground in 1976. What the hell is wrong with these people, our media, and the average American voter? It’s offensive and immoral.
Now better [...]

(I believe I lifted this post directly from 2003, so if you were with me then, or if you have been in the room with me much over the past two weeks, you’ve heard it all before. Sorry ’bout that.)
So much I could say about current politics (as Molly could attest) but I’ll keep it [...]