This Washington Post article, “Trump pushes schools to open in the fall, downplaying risks as virus spreads,” in my view seriously understates the convergence of tensions rapidly approaching panic among many of the stakeholders involved: > depression-strapped school districts lackIng funds to pay teachers; > legions of teachers are angry & resistant about facing life-threatening … Continue reading Fall Forecast: School Chaos Coming
I’ve done pretty well at ignoring the steady stream of anti-Trump tell-all books. I haven’t spent ten cents or ten minutes in The Room Where It Happened with John Bolton. I didn’t warm myself with Michael Wolff’s Fire & Fury. Unhinged may have been Omarosa’s cri de couer, but it failed to make me crazy enough … Continue reading Mary Trump: Will she really throw the book at Uncle Donald?
LATER UPDATE: Wednesday afternoon (July 1) Guilford College posted a statement confirming our report of extensive job cuts. Here it is in full: Guilford College President Jane K. Fernandes announced today that the College will reduce its personnel as part of cost-cutting measures following reduced revenues this summer. “This is a hard step to take,” … Continue reading Breaking: Axe is Falling at Guilford (Updated)
I give a lot of weight to voices like that of Charles Blow. So I am taking seriously what he wrote in today’s NYTimes: “I say that we need to reconsider public monuments in public spaces. No person’s honorifics can erase the horror he or she has inflicted on others. Slave owners should not be … Continue reading Blow All the Slaveowning Men Down?
So I’ve been doing this gluten-free thing for some years, and overall it’s been fine. But there’s one staple of the old stuff that I missed, sorely, namely: toast. Most GF “bread” sorta worked, except not really. the texture was too different, the slices were small, etc. Oh well. But then, when I moved to the garden … Continue reading A Slice of Pandemic Life: Making it into the GF Upper Crust