‘Stop Woke’ Legislation Spawns New Education Standards in Florida
The “Stop Woke Act” seeks to enlighten students to the “fact” that slaves learned “trades or skills” that proved useful to them. New standards approved by the Florida … Read more
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Lady Liberty Sings the Blues
Lady Liberty still beckons as she sings the blues. “Behold! I do not give lectures…” (Walt Whitman) A marketable Parisian-style literary critic who taught in SUNY-Buffalo’s English Department … Read more
Education is Opportunity
It is time to give free access to local community colleges and state universities to anyone who wants it, because education is opportunity. In constitutional terms, America must … Read more
Sanity Rising
Parents, grandparents and the general public are all for sanity, and Biden’s “American Families Plan” makes total sense. Sometimes real life catches up with unreal politics, and the … Read more
Child Care: We Should Look Back for Our Future
We must make a significant public investment to sustain an egalitarian system of quality child care. “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance,” the old bumper sticker … Read more
This is Your Brain on Aphorisms: Giuliani Jerk Reactions
Rudy suffers from Giuliani jerk reactions. Giuliani is like an unhinged shudder. Bad losers always lose badly. Trump will miss leading us. Truth is not truth… when it … Read more
What Is “Iyyikowa,” and Why Do We Need More of It?
The Choctaw have a word, “iyyikowa,” that means serving those in need… and we need more of it. Charles Dickens, writing about the inequality and social turmoil leading … Read more
The Jerry Duncan Show Interviews Education Secretary Betsy DeVos
Wherein our intrepid talk radio host interviews the Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos. ANNOUNCER Live from under a rock in your backyard, it’s The Jerry Duncan Show. JERRY … Read more
How Low Can the Barons of High Finance Go on Student Debt?
Betsy DeVos should not be conspiring with fast-buck educational exploiters of student debt. Question: What do you get when you combine ignorance, ideological know-nothingism, imperiousness and incompetence? Answer: … Read more
‘Real News’ Stories Encourage Progressives
Fake news is prevalent these days, but some real news stories are encouraging to progressives. A decade ago, some barons of the media establishment designated themselves America’s official … Read more
