Yapping, often with an indignant tone, often after reading or listening to the news.
Oprah and I usually get along fine. But this week, she did a show on erotica and pornography. Some women have sex with strangers, on camera, for money. Some women buy kinky lingerie and sex toys. The show gave the overview of everything NC-17 and passed judgment on none of it. So I’m going to. […]
Read More Hearts and FlowersI advertised that I would follow up with explaining why observing K-12 teachers, rather than using standardized testing to evaluate education practice, would be a hard sell. At least, I will try to explain. Teachers are defensive. It may be hard for people who have not taught to understand how vulnerable teachers are. And I […]
Read More ResistanceLast week I was handed a stack of surveys for my students. Some of the questions were about their sexual practices (or lack thereof). I sort of hated to touch the things, even blank. They suggested to me that our assembly the next day would be about sexual practices (or lack thereof), the tail of […]
Read More Put A Ring On ItI’m not a Kennedy groupie. Before I started reading all these articles about Senator Ted and his accomplishments, I thought of him the same way I think of PETA: I agree with the agenda, but the reputation get my eyes rolling… why do they always have to look like such wackos? Then again, the extremists at PETA, while […]
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