A Mother’s Day Remembrance
My Mom’s ancestors were all 100 percent German. Dad used to joke about her, “You can always tell a German, but you can’t tell them much.” It fit her to a tee.
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Elon Musk: The Woke Mind Virus Infecting Us
In late April, Elon Musk went on Real Time With Bill Maher and discussed the “woke mind virus” that’s infecting nearly everything nowadays.
School Solutions
If your boss tells you it’s “not acceptable” that you failed to do something that they wanted you to do, you could reasonably take that as a threat to your future employment. However, if the thing they wanted you to do is vote, then their words are a likely violation of Idaho law (Idaho Code …
Hold Them Accountable! The Good Old Boys’ Network Strikes Again
I have frequently called out The Philadelphia Inquirer for poor reporting, so it is only fair when I note when they do good journalism. The quiet handling of rape allegations at two Philly health institutions How Jefferson and Rothman dealt with an alleged sexual assault involving an orthopedic surgeon and a medical resident. by Wendy …
State Supported Child Kidnapping
Star Chambers Coming for Your Children. Washington & Minnesota, have already legalized the kidnapping and mutilation of children without parental consent
The Tragedy of the Commons: The Rational Actor
The Tragedy of the Commons: Rational Actor This is a follow on to Tragedy of the Commons: The Political Commons. It specifically looks at the rationality implied in Ostrom’s 8 points and the Rational Actor/Choice, Game, and Agency theories. What happens if the rational hypothesis fails or is different across cultures or relevant ranges? I …
It’s For The Kids!
Imagine a typical North Idaho family, Shawn and Jane Doe and their three children Mary, Mike and Becky. Shawn is the assistant manager at a local division of a national company. The Doe family is a comfortable, middle class family and happy, but money seems tight. Jane has been pestering Shawn to ask for a …
“Too Big to Fail” is Too Big–Period
Our institutions are failing. They aren’t failing to survive. They’re failing to meet our expectations; they’re failing to satisfy their reason for being.
America Needs Strong Men, Not Weak Pajama Boys
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create hard times.” ~G. Michael Hopf
If You’re Scared, Say You’re Scared. But Don’t Be Afraid of Stupid Stuff.
That things get stupid following a mass shooting, such as the one in Louisville, or school shooting like the one in Nashville, is expected. But there’s a point at which stupidity gets squared. From The Philadelphia Inquirer: Parents say Bala Cynwyd fifth graders texted about who should be shot in the next school shooting “Everyday …
Politics in the 21st Century: Are we blowing the Dream? Part 1
Everywhere You Look Things Seem to be Getting Dumb and Dumber and More Violent
My Letter to the Minn. Official Who Demanded Parents Respect Their Kids’ Identities
Selwyn Duke: Here is my Letter to the Minnesota Lieutenant Governor, Peggy Flanagan who demanded parents respect their kids’ identities.
Sorry Liberals, Audrey Hale Is Not the Victim
One New Year’s Eve in the 1990s, I was seated on a train out of Manhattan when a huge man dressed as a woman took the facing seat directly across from me. Although he had caused quite a stir as he moved through the car, he seemed oblivious to the eye rolls from my fellow …
Failing Accountability Leads to Chaos
Our institutions have become sloppy at best, and malicious at worst. Neither is acceptable. Without accountability, institutions fail, and chaos reigns.
The Laughable Contortions Taken by the Professional Media When a School Shooter is #Transgender
It did not take long for the crazy person who shot up The Covenant School, a private Christian elementary school, Audrey Elizabeth Hale, a woman who killed three children and three adults, to be identified as transgender, a woman who decided that she was a man. Yet that news was primarily confined to Twitter and …
Our Little Barbarians; Out of Control Youth
Our Little Barbarians; Recently, an establishment called Nettie’s House of Spaghetti in New Jersey announced they will no longer allow children under 10 to dine at their restaurant. The move caused controversy, with some respondents applauding the policy and others accusing Nettie’s staff of being “child haters.” But the top commenter at MSN.com summed the issue …
The Knock Out Punch to CRT
Stopping Critical Race Theory means you, Citizen–have to change what’s being taught by the Higher Ed that teaches teachers. It can and must be done.
The New World Disorder; There Are No Coincidences
Having taken part in private investigations for a number of years I learned ed early on that there are no coincidences. Same with our New World Disorder.
The Academy Loses Its Way – Again
By John R. “Buck” Surdu This week ESPN reported that Army football player Andre Carter II was poised to be the first Army football player to be drafted in the NFL higher the seventh round in over fifty years. This sparked debate on some of the social media sites for Academy graduates. “In December, Congress passed …
Educating For Today
Educating For Today; Someone has defined education as “that which is done to prepare a child for life.”