government – Page 2

The American Federation of Teachers: Are They Really Helping Teachers?

As my readers know, I was a teacher for 35 years. During that time, there were only five years in which I was not a union

01 Jul

I get a daily notification or summary from the NY Times wherein they send me a featured article of the day. This day, a

30 Jun

Historians like to point to the 20th century as the age of authoritarianism, characterized by the rise of Fascism as well as

22 Jun

I’ve said for years, and taught in my classroom, that history echoes itself often; the problem is the generation of a

17 Jun

There is a specific problem with our Republic (for the umpteenth time – we are NOT a democracy), and that is

07 Jun

At the current, congressional approval hovers somewhere between 20-24% based on the week or month. Presidential approval is

18 May

I’m not sure when it got like this. If I had to hazard a guess, at least the last ten years with the advent of social media

25 Mar

There has been the past few years a push to ban what has been termed cultural appropriation throughout Western society. Much

16 Mar

The Slow Dissolution of our National Unity The United States was founded upon one basic principle; the freedom of the

11 Mar

For those of us who study history, Mr. Putin’s actions are not unexpected; quite the opposite…they were an inevitability as

24 Feb