The question that came to the forefront last week and is gnawing at American parents of K-12 students is what to do about the school year that is about to commence. Liberal that I am; the answer is conservative and gets more apparent with each passing day. Let’s explore. Continue reading The Answer Is Becoming Increasingly Apparent
Tag Archives: Aretha Franklin
Eulogies And Observations
Late last week and most of the weekend were dominated by memorials for Aretha Franklin and John McCain; a great singer and a great Senator. Eulogies are to funerals as hot dogs are to baseball games for most Americans. There were some that were well worth listening to. Let’s explore a few of them. Continue reading Eulogies And Observations
’67 & ’68
The title of today’s article is a riddle of sort that will be completely explained by the end. If you can guess it at this point you should be a detective or an intelligence officer. If you have it by the end of the first paragraph you must be both a baby boomer and pretty damn smart. I usually make the Sunday article about the biggest political story of the week just ended. For people of my generation another story eclipsed all others last week; the death of Aretha Franklin. In 1967 she asked for Respect and she certainly received a lot of deserved respect upon her passing. (Got it yet Jeff?) Let’s continue. Continue reading ’67 & ’68