One Teacher’s Thoughts on the Thurgood Marshall Plan for Public Education
This is a response to Senator Bernie Sanders’s so-called Thurgood Marshall Plan for Public Education. The whole thing is TL; DR. That’s not only a comment on shorter attention spans, but if you understand anything about teachers, it’s that we don’t have much spare time. What time we do have will not likely be spent reading this plan.
The Sacrifice of Ralph Northam on the Altar of Democratic Sanctimony
This whole Virginia drama is revealing something important about the current Democratic establishment, something which has implications for both past and future, including the election of Donald Trump. That something is that Democrats are symbolic politicians, concerned more with the image of doing the right thing, than actually doing it. Where they effect policies that actually make a positive difference in people’s lives, it is usually reactive, a case of them “holding the line” against the worst abuses of the Republicans.
Thomas Jefferson: Father of White Supremacy
When you hear the name Thomas Jefferson, it is likely followed by “founding father”, “hero”, “patriot”, and other such reverent terms. But he should also be considered one of the Founding Fathers of white supremacy. Nearly every white supremacist idea, claim, or rationale, can be found in Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia…
