Anyone who has casually perused this space knows I am a strong advocate of public education. I am a product of public schools. I have a son and a son-in-law who teach high school science in public schools and four beloved grandsons who attend public schools. All by choice. Both teachers could make a lot more money outside public education, but both feel that they are making a … [Read more...] about Dec. 6, 2004: To Public Education Supporters: Stand Up or Shut Up
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Oct. 11, 2004: Boortz Says Government Schools Are Pitiful. I Say That’s Debatable.
After watching the vacuous babble that passes for presidential debates, I am ready for a head-knocking, rip-snorting debate between two articulate participants with widely divergent views. How about Neal Boortz and Zachary Wansley? Boortz is the popular nationally syndicated radio “Talkmaster.” I have known him since he was a talk radio rookie in Atlanta, and I was a PR pup at … [Read more...] about Oct. 11, 2004: Boortz Says Government Schools Are Pitiful. I Say That’s Debatable.
May 2, 2004: To My Grandsons: Never Forget Our Heroes
To Zachary and Nicholas Wansley; Brian and Thomas Yarbrough: I have been sharing some thoughts with you at the beginning of each year in the hope that some of my reflections might prove helpful as you grow to adulthood. I will continue to do so as long as I have something meaningful to say, and you show some interest in wanting to hear it. So why am I writing you in the … [Read more...] about May 2, 2004: To My Grandsons: Never Forget Our Heroes
Dec. 28, 2003: Some Thoughts and Observations For My Grandsons
To Zachary and Nicholas Wansley, Brian and Thomas Yarbrough: For the first time since we began this public correspondence a few years ago, I am writing to four teenagers. It seems like only yesterday that your parents were your age. This isn’t the time or place to snitch on them, but remind me one day to tell you what they were like as teenagers. Every time I hear them order … [Read more...] about Dec. 28, 2003: Some Thoughts and Observations For My Grandsons
May 11, 2003: Random Thoughts on Random Subjects
After our troops had kicked Saddam's crowd back to the 14th century from whence they came, President George W. Bush's landing on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln was the icing on the cake. Looking at the young men and women aboard the carrier, obviously they were as proud of their commander-in-chief as he is of them. Mr. Bush's high-profile trip was made even more … [Read more...] about May 11, 2003: Random Thoughts on Random Subjects