When you teach a number of years coupled with the fact that social media has become such a mainstay in our culture, you have the opportunity to stay connected with former students much more easily. It is rather a humbling that these younger people (younger than I) would want to tell you about how their … Continue reading Taking Dolorous Umbrage at Betsy DeVos With No Apologies to Dolores Umbridge, But I Miss Alan Rickman
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FrankenMoore and BergerStein – Uncle Victor Was Telling You Something
“Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.” And nothing is so detrimental to the health of a great commonwealth as a great and sudden misuse of law. The preceding quote comes from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the first great dark romantic / Gothic novel. It was written at the … Continue reading FrankenMoore and BergerStein – Uncle Victor Was Telling You Something
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The Shriveled-Up Sour Grapes of Pat McCrory
Gov. Pat McCrory’s legacy was just sealed with his signing of the bill called House Bill 17 into law. It literally strips a lot of power from his successor, Democrat Roy Cooper. This from a man who only vetoed his own General Assembly five times in his only term. This from a man who defended … Continue reading The Shriveled-Up Sour Grapes of Pat McCrory
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Open Letter to Our Governor and General Assembly – Keep the Special Session About Those Affected By Matthew
Dear Gov. McCrory, House Speaker Tim Moore, Senate Pro-Tem Phil Berger, and other members of the North Carolina General Assembly, Last March, many of you called for and orchestrated a “special session” of the North Carolina General Assembly in order to respond to so-called “government overreach” by the city of Charlotte and their decision to … Continue reading Open Letter to Our Governor and General Assembly – Keep the Special Session About Those Affected By Matthew
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Welcome to Betsy DeVos’s BLACKWATER CHARTER SCHOOL, Home of the “Mercenaries” and Pioneers of the Pyramid Scheme Curriculum
Welcome to Blackwater Charter School, Home of the Mercenaries and pioneers of the “Pyramid Scheme Curriculum.” Considering that the new Secretary of Education appointee is married to the heir of the Amway fortune, a pyramid selling scheme, and sister of the founder of Blackwater, Erik Prince , the idea of such a school is not … Continue reading Welcome to Betsy DeVos’s BLACKWATER CHARTER SCHOOL, Home of the “Mercenaries” and Pioneers of the Pyramid Scheme Curriculum
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Excuse Me, Elected Officials? It’s Okay to Listen to Others
It’s OK to listen to others. On November 8th North Carolina elected/reelected to serve in the NCGA, and while I may bemoan the fact that there still exists a supermajority in the General Assembly for the GOP, I hope that the actions seen in other states’ races and ballot items might allow for some perspective … Continue reading Excuse Me, Elected Officials? It’s Okay to Listen to Others
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Why Pat McCrory Has Already “Lost” This Election
If the current numbers pan out, Pat McCrory will be a one-term governor. But more glaringly apparent is that his defeat came in a year of another GOP wave of victory in the nation. If the numbers are correct, over 60,000 people in North Carolina who voted for Donald Trump as POTUS DID NOT CAST … Continue reading Why Pat McCrory Has Already “Lost” This Election
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“Give Me My Damn Bowl Back!” And Other Things Said By Jilted People
“Give us the bowl back.” These five sternly crafted words seem to be the best that our N.C. Commerce Secretary John Skvarla can muster in dealing with PayPal’s decision not to expand in North Carolina in response to HB2. The Charlotte Observer’s Katherine Peralta reported on Oct. 24th in a story entitled “Jilted NC to … Continue reading “Give Me My Damn Bowl Back!” And Other Things Said By Jilted People
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An Open Letter to Gov. McCrory Complete With a Song Dedication – Apologies to Gerry Rafferty
Dear Governor McCrory, Knowing that you just celebrated your 60th birthday, I thought I would send a song dedication to you. Specifically a rewritten version of Gerry Rafferty’s “Stuck in the Middle With You” recorded with the group Stealers Wheel. It’s a classic from the 70’s and it seems to really sum up the situation … Continue reading An Open Letter to Gov. McCrory Complete With a Song Dedication – Apologies to Gerry Rafferty
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Willful Ignorance Is Not Bliss, But Rather Mean – McCrory’s Orwellian Contradiction
News that Gov. McCrory’s office asked public school leaders this past summer to find ways to cut their budget by as much as 2 percent should come as a surprise in an election year where he has touted his commitment to public education and a creation of a surplus in our current budget. But it … Continue reading Willful Ignorance Is Not Bliss, But Rather Mean – McCrory’s Orwellian Contradiction
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