Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher

That we still produce such young men is a tribute to our heritage.  I'll bet he bleeds red, white, and blue, too, although it is my fer...

I first learned about science historian James Burke when I saw his series The Day The Universe Changed on PBS back in the early 90s.  I like...

When have you paid enough in reparations ?  When do the payments end and everyone agrees that the debt has been paid?  If the answer is ...

I don't want to hear any of you liberal California tree huggers complaining about this : California lawmakers appear unlikely to pause t...

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. No, I don't think this teacher did anything wrong.  Rather than saying that , though, he said some...

I must've cut out a couple days' worth of assignments here and there this semester, because when I planned out the rest of the semes...

Some time recently I stepped on the scale and and discovered that some of my efforts are paying off, that I'd lost 14 pounds since New Y...

If you want to know if students are truly learning, you have to have an objective test, given and graded by objective people.  That just se...

Long-time readers of this blog know I'm all in for nuclear power : The Biden administration is launching a $6 billion effort to rescue ...

If being present was the only reason, I say no : A former teacher is suing the Sacramento City Unified School District alleging the distric...

A new buzzword coming soon to a school near you-- contract-grading : Sadly, though, the idea of “ contract-grading ” is now gaining preva...

I’ve probably mentioned this once or twice (or a dozen times) before that I’m road-tripping to Cabo this summer.  I’m going to hitch up th...

I can tell you that my 'rona-shutdown math students didn't get anywhere near the education that my current students are getting, esp...

You can call yourself whatever gender you want, you can use whatever pronouns you want, you can wear a mask if you want, you don’t have to ...

I'm a big fan of the Innocence Project, which as of last year has helped overturn over 300 wrongful convictions via DNA evidence.  Wrong...

Where do you want to travel?  Go there ! After months of warning all travelers to avoid a long list of countries due to "very high...

Who is more likely to have a child's best interest at heart, a parent or a school employee?  Who is more likely to know and understand a...

Good work if you can get it : A Queens principal accused of using fraudulent schemes to boost his school’s graduation rate can never again ...

When I was young I had a long list of things I was going to accomplish in life.  Some I've accomplished and some I've decided I no l...

Lefties.  I hope Elon Musk buys Twitter just so their heads will explode : “Democracy Dies in Darkness” is the motto of the Jeff Bezos-owned...