1619: My post of January 17 asked you to be terribly, terribly alert to what is being taught to our kids. I mentioned the “1619 Project.” Recent criticism of the Project, and the author’s reaction to that criticism, was discussed in The Federalist. I recommend you follow the link and read the article by Tristan…
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Celebrate Nonfiction
Nonfiction writers will want to know about this. Read more at NF Fest.
ARE YOU TERRIBLY, TERRIBLY ALERT?
I have a book titled Furry Logic: A Guide to Life’s Little Challenges by Jane Seabrook. I picked it up as I was casually browsing in a bookstore one day and embarrassed myself by laughing out loud. Furry Logic is page after page of a variety of animals and one-sentence statements about life. Each animal…
Goodbye Mother, Goodbye Father
In a week of unexpected turmoil, something slipped by unnoticed. New Rules of the U. S. House of Representatives now forbid use of the words mother, father, son, daughter, brother, sister, niece, or nephew. If there were a large number of people negatively affected by these terms, perhaps I could maintain an open-minded approach to…
Happy New Year!
Welcome to 2021, our new year, and my new website and blog. Family illness intervened for a couple of years, but I’m back. I’m hoping you will come back to engage with me, too. The year ahead has all the aspects of being challenging in many ways. My goal is to keep you up to…