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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

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

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

We don’t like to admit it, but humans are creatures of habit. Essentially, that’s what the study of history is: Studying

17 Feb

I decided a few months ago I was not going to write about politics any longer, preferring to concentrate on my historical

08 Nov

RJ Melrose is dead, and I killed him. A brutal admission, I know, but I had no other choice as his very existence bothered me

11 Oct

“Let the blood of traitors flow. That is the only way to save the country.” Those words were spoken by Jean Paul Marat during

24 Mar