John Taylor Gatto: “Angry Every Day”

John Taylor Gatto”God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.” (Psalm 7: 11)John Taylor Gatto is one of the most vetted and sought-after experts in public education.He slogged through thirty years of New York public schools,...

“The Closing” Opened My Mind

Allan BloomAllan Bloom (September 14, 1930 – October 7, 1992) is one of the most fruitful and resplendent scholars in modern American Academia.He passed away almost twenty years ago, yet his work “The Closing of the American Mind” (1987) still inspires and...

Waxman’s Depression

http://www. youtube. com/watch? v=_W6-5GG_7m8From the first day in office, the Republicans have given the president ample opportunity to cut the spending, slash deficits, and decrease the national debt.Waxman and company have pursued policies guaranteed to explode...

“A Burnt Ship” by John Donne

John Donne (January 1572 — March 1631 )Out of a fired ship, which by no wayBut drowning could be rescued from the flame,Some men leap’d forth, and ever as they cameNear the foes’ ships, did by their shot decay;So all were lost, which in the ship were...

“I’m Gonna Call My Mom!”

and get them on my side!”She saw student challenges as bread for the eating. I learned to change my attitude to those threats.One young lady was a real piece of work. She was a brazen young one, who had no problem pushing people aside to make a point. Once, she...

“Death Be Not Proud” by John Donne

Death Be Not Proud — John Donne (1572 — 1631)Death, be not proud, though some have called theeMighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrowDie not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.From rest and...