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What are school boards for?
If you look at an ordinary school district, you see the professional providers organized in the expected way. That’s what the “professional” part provides. The teachers are the subject matter experts and the de facto social workers. The administrators organize … Continue reading
Frederick Buechner’s gift
In his column in this morning’s New York Times, David Brooks reflects on the life of Frederick Buechner, the much beloved writer who died this week. Buechner was an ordained minister and you could almost tell that from the push … Continue reading
Racialization
I saw this word for the first time this week and my heart leaped upward! “At last!” I said. Let’s leave my heart’s upward mobility aside for a little bit and look at what is happening here. I want to … Continue reading
Trump and the Shallow State
I experienced an awkward event today. It was almost an ambush. I sat down to write a snarky post about Trump’s allegations that he is being hounded by the Deep State. My idea was that Trump’s true preference is a … Continue reading
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Why do we call it peer pressure?
I was just wondering. “Peer pressure” is an expression first recorded in English in 1971. I was surprised to learn that. I was in grad school and in my 30s by then and I would have said that it is … Continue reading
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Hesses Pass the Torch
For completely understandable reasons, there has been a lot of discussion lately about the peaceful transfer of power. It is the linchpin of any democratic system at the level of the nation-state. For smaller groups, the “transfer” is often the … Continue reading
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We the people
What does the preamble to the Constitution really say? If you back away from it far enough so that you can see only the outlines, you find some surprising things. Here is today’s example We, the people of the United … Continue reading
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“You can’t do it with turtles”
That line comes from George Fairbairn, the keeper of the turtles at the London Zoo. These are the turtles that William G. and Naeara H. stole and returned to the sea. William confesses that although he feels good about having … Continue reading
Sugar and Spice?
The question of gender norms is contentious. (I like to begin with understatement.) I intend today some observations of this contentious subject which I expect will not be contentious. We’ll see. Judge Barbara Milano Keenan of the 4th Circuit wrote … Continue reading
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The Dilettante's Dilemma 