Category: Lloyd Lofthouse

I’m not a liberal. I’ve never eaten avocado toast, although I like avocados. I’m also not a MAGA fascist or a trickle-down Reagan conservative, which really means the rich are better than everyone else, have god on their side, and have a right to piss from their pedestals on the rest of us. The political issues I support are somewhere…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Ron DeSantis wants to make America just like Florida, where the maximum leader (Ron DeSantis) has a docile legislature that lets him decide what everyone else is allowed to do and punishes those bold enough to ignore his orders. That’s why he is running for President. He thinks the whole nation needs and wants…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Memorial Day is a day to remember and pay tribute to the men and women who gave their lives to defend our democracy. Because of their sacrifice, we enjoy our freedoms. We are called upon not only to respect them and their sacrifices, but to be alert to today’s threats to the freedoms and…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Read! If you want to open your mind, read! If you want to travel through time and space, read! If you want to learn about other people and other cultures, read! If you want to supercharge your creativity and imagination, read! If you want to learn how other people see the world, read! If…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Bob Shepherd is a polymath and a daily reader of the blog. He has been involved in every aspect of educational publishing, and most recently, he was a teacher in Florida. He graciously offered to help me with two of my books—The Language Police and Slaying Goliath—by carefully editing them before they were turned…