The Think-and-Read Part of the Evening
22 February 2011
Long night. Girl away at friends' house. Let Boy play late, then I watched half of Iron Man 2 with him after his mother fell asleep. Then I came back and edited some more. So the think-and-read part of the evening is only now beginning, about an hour or so later than I'd like. Bother.
Thoughts going out to friends and strangers alike in Christchurch, New Zealand.
21 February 2011
In lieu of a proper Presidents' Day song, I am listening to the Bee Gees "Holiday". I am open to other suggestions, however. "Abraham, Martin, and John" was considered and discarded as unfair to George.
I am old enough to have seen with my own eyes the systematic destruction of the American public educational system, once one of our proudest national achievements. It wasn't the teachers' unions or "bad" teachers that did it, it was a concerted attack by people who don't like to pay taxes for anyone's good but their own.
Why America's teachers are enraged
www.cnn.com
Thousands of teachers, nurses, firefighters and other public sector workers have camped out at the Wisconsin Capitol, protesting Republican Gov. Scott Walker's efforts to reduce their take-home pay — by increasing their contribution to their pension plans and health care benefits — and restrict their collective bargaining rights.
