Category Archives: politics
The Populist Tide
Time and tide tarry for no one, and both are on my mind these days due to the political change that is transforming our republic. The United States of America has the oldest continuously operating written constitution, but its structures … Continue reading
Oklahoma’s Education Struggles
This is a lengthy post about Oklahoma’s public schools. I’ll explore the state’s low rankings and delve into its history of student testing and achievement, student poverty, and finally school spending and taxation. I expect this might be my final … Continue reading
Surviving the culture wars
Culture wars and identity politics, initially amplified by broadcast media and now metastasized by social media, corrode our quality of life. Recently Judith Martin and her children Nicholas and Jacobina, writing in their Miss Manners column, shared this take: The … Continue reading
A Loss of Trust
Cynicism has been building among my fellow Americans throughout my lifetime. This post charts the erosion of trust in the government, political parties, news and information sources, science, educational institutions, and almost all professions. There is politics in this personal … Continue reading
I’m a Buster, Not a Boomer
When I was growing up, there was much talk about “The Generation Gap”, which at the time referred to Baby Boomers’ counterculture and divergence from their parents’ values. Eventually, another gap developed between the Baby Boomers and my subsequent Generation … Continue reading
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