A Writer’s Blog

  • What happens when the GOP Profit Politics of Jeb Bush and the Authoritarian CCSS testing regime come together in Florida

    If anyone has any advice for Cathy Bacot regarding what is happening to her daughter and other children in Florida, she will welcome it. Read more

  • Inside Philanthropy: The Scariest Trends

    Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: David Callahan wrote an insightful article in “Inside Philanthropy” about something that most of us have noticed: the growing power of foundations that use their money to impose their ideas and bypass democratic institutions. In effect, mega-foundations like Gates and Walton use their vast wealth to short circuit… Read more

  • Meltdown

    I open my mind to God asking if He were created to forgive man’s sins. He answers. Read more

  • To India and Back Again

    Originally posted on Left Coast Voices: In just over two weeks, I will travel with a group of global activists to India to see projects funded by American Jewish World Service and hear the stories of our grantees, their challenges and vision. To help prepare myself, I just finished reading Katherine Boo’s Behind The Beautiful Forevers. I admit I… Read more

  • Towards an Economy Without Jobs?

    Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: The two great forces shaping the future at this time are globalization and technology. Globalization has its benefits: We are more aware than ever of our interconnectedness with other people, nations, and cultures. But it has its downside: corporations outsource jobs to places where people work for less… Read more

  • The Pre-Election, Next-Door Homestead – Marshall Tuck versus Tom Torlakson – Debate

    The race between these two Democrats, Tuck and Torlakson, became a proxy war between two differing views on education overhaul. Read more