True to form the democrats unveiled an education platform which is the same old thing with emphasis on universal pre-K and free community college and against “private school vouchers.” When you read the platform below, they want us to believe they’ve accomplished...
Kids & Education
The Changing College Campus
“Be trendy but not too trendy, modest but not too modest, fit in but be unique,” says Trisha Addicks, CEO of the Georgia-based sorority consulting firm It’s All Greek to Me, where parents can hire her firm for a mere $4,000 to cover such topics as what to wear, how...
When Sally became Harry
My wife tells me I write too much about climate change - perhaps, but it just galls me to no end how the left (with the aid of a complicit media) has highjacked a legitimate medical issue and turned it into a political one - but hey, she' probably correct, I have...
Monkey see, monkey do?
The following statistics come from a recent Gallup survey Age Group % Identifying as LBGT Born in 1945 or before 1% Boomers – born between 1946-1964 2.6% Gen X – born between 1965-1980 4.2% Millennials – born between 1981-1995 10.5% Gen Z – born between...
It’s more than just guns
After the horrific shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, President Biden called for changes to gun laws after expressing his heartbreak. "To lose a child is like having a piece of your soul ripped away," said Biden, who learned of the shooting at Robb...
For the Record
I sent this commentary to the far left editor at the Vail Daily; it'll be interesting to see if he deems it worthy to be published in the paper - who knows maybe he'll surprise me. During a recent Zoom call my youngest grandson told me his school was engaged in a...
My First Time
Do you remember your first time? I sure remember mine. And no, it’s not what you’re probably thinking right now. The year was 1955 when my Uncle Joe asked my parents if I could join him to visit my paternal grandparents in Pasadena California. For a 10-year-old...
Teens, Dysphoria & Social Contagion
Why are trans youth more visible these days? Is it due to more widespread acceptance, or more media coverage? And just how many trans kids are there? Good questions all, so, let’s begin by defining the term gender dysphoria, which simply stated is the unease a...
Distorted Reality
Education Week Magazine described Critical Race Theory as an academic concept embracing the core idea that racism is a social construct; that it is not merely the product of individual bias or prejudice, but also something embedded in legal systems and policies. The...
To our graduating seniors
Today I want to congratulate our graduating seniors, and at the same time offer a few insights I wish someone had given me when I graduated high school a million years ago. And the first of those insights begins with the best definition of success I’ve ever come...