A Writer’s Blog

  • Mom in Texas Shuts Down Extremists and Joins the Honor Roll

    Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: The superintendent of schools in Granbury, Texas, made clear that he didn’t want any books about LGBT characters or LGBT issues in the school library. He agreed with the angry conservatives who showed up at school board meetings to demand book-banning. Superintendent Jeremy Glenn has previously emphasized to the… Read more

  • The Infected Republican Party

    I’ve been asking myself for several years if insanity is contagious like a bacterial or virus infection (COVID, Polio, HIV, et al), so I decided to find out. And, here’s what I learned today. “Recent studies in the medical literature conclude that mental health may be highly contagious, much like infectious diseases.” – National Library of… Read more

  • Heather Cox Richardson: What Does the Republican Party Believe in?

    Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Historian Heather Cox Richardson writes today about some recent votes in Congress that defined what Republicans are against. Republicans believe that states should control which rights are protected inside their borders. They do not believe in abortion rights. They do not believe in the right to have access to… Read more

  • Reader: Why The Supreme Court Is Wrong About Abortion

    Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: A reader who calls him/herself Quickwrit explains why the Supreme Court’s recent decision on abortion is wrong. The Bible is silent on abortion: The 9th Amendment gives Clarence Thomas the constitutional right to live in an interracial marriage and gives women the constitutional right to abortion: The 9th Amendment… Read more

  • The Koch Libertarian Project vs. America

    Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: What is happening to the America that we swore allegiance to every day in public school? what happened to the America that was “indivisible, with liberty and justice for all”? How did we get a rogue Supreme Court that recklessly demolishes women’s rights, the separation of church and state,… Read more

  • The Ignorance and Danger of Trump Republicans includes Brain-Dead Lauren Boebert

    Brain-Dead Boebert is a born-again Christian and a strident advocate of guns; she and her husband own a restaurant—Shooters Grill in Rifle, Colorado, where staff are encouraged to carry firearms Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.)…says she is “tired” of the U.S. separation of church and state, a long-standing concept stemming from a “stinking letter” penned by… Read more