Ya Can’t Suspend It Out of Them….

It seems that as a society we’ve gotten to the point of over-reacting to the things that high-schoolers sometimes do when trying to express themselves. There is the underlying idea that teen behavior and judgment can be regulated through rules, quick suspension and punitive action. I’m not sure such “police-state” mentality ultimately serves the school, […]

Bachmann, Perry, The Media and Thinking….

Upfront, politically, I tend to be a left-leaning libertarian socialist with some conservative values thrown in, so my thoughts in this blog post are not about politics. I find myself coming to the defense of Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry. Recently, the media reported that Bachmann was stunned during a book-signing when a little child, […]