March 25th marks the anniversary of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire. In Shirt Robert Pinsky weaves in the Triangle Factory…
Imagine being so consumed with racial hatred that you travel all the way from Maryland specifically on a mission to…
About suffering they were never wrong, The old Masters: how well they understood Its human position: how it takes place…
One of the great pleasures of the age of instant and ubiquitous access to information is being able to re-connect…
It's politically incorrect to say Happy Holidays these days. We must all say Merry Christmas. No word on the acceptability…
The NAIS Annual People Of Color Conference opens this week in Atlanta. It will draw independent educators from across the country. They…
Guest Post by Susan Scheid Writing in the Washington Post today, Fareed Zakaria weighs in once again, as many already…
I left full-time employment at the end of June with a grand plan of doing nothing. After 45 years in…
On November 25, 2016, the New York Times Editorial Board issued a blistering editorial entitled “Donald Trump and the Lawsuit…
There's a great exhibit on at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC: Max Beckmann in New York It highlights…
This 1809 cartoon by the political caricaturist James Gillray is in the National Portrait Gallery. London. It is entitled Pandora…
On #VeteransDay #ArmisticeDay #RemembranceDay it is wise to reflect on what we fought and defeated in WW2. Trumpism is what…
As Donald Trump spirals deeper into madness and depravity the toll on the collective psyche just grows. Fortunately help is…
And then of course there's #FeelTheKerm Kermit and Joey Say the Alphabet
Earlier today, a friend posted on Facebook an article by Charlie Pierce, “This Thing Is Nowhere Near Over,” which sent…