Recent Comments

1. about 9 hours ago on Dana Summers

   From what I’m reading, many of the people demonstrating against Israeli actions against Palestinians are Jewish students. There are similar protests in Israel itself. These people want an end to the wholesale slaughter of civilians in Gaza.

2. 1 day ago on Jack Ohman

   No, he would buy a substitute and then demand any decorations he won.

3. 4 days ago on Bill Bramhall

   If you like the clown show that’s the House, you’ll love the three ring circus that’s the House, Senate and White House under Republican control. The Three Stooges run the USA.

4. 9 days ago on Kevin Necessary Editorial Cartoons

   I generally don’t reply to your posts because I quite playground arguments sometime around third grade. I taught for thirty years in public schools and can’t recall ever knowing a teacher who indoctrinated students. I worked with liberal teachers and conservative teachers but they all tried to make clear what was factual knowledge and what was their personal opinion. I taught in during the late 60’s and 70’s, certainly a time when there were plenty of controversial issues floating around. Public schools, at least in my day, granted tenure to experienced teachers which protected them from being fired because their lessons didn’t pass muster with the beliefs of certain governors or state legislators. If you’re concerned about indoctrination, look at the private religious schools which you so heartily endorse which can fire any teacher that doesn’t toe the line.

5. 9 days ago on Mike Luckovich

   I went to Catholic school. We called the rhythm method “Vatican Roulette.”

6. 9 days ago on Kevin Necessary Editorial Cartoons

   Public schools are meant to serve everyone and are paid for with taxes. If you want to send your children to a private school, religious or secular, that’s your choice but you have to bare the expenses. My parents, who were not wealthy, sent us to Catholic school. They paid the tuition. Later I taught in the public school system and was a member of the “Union”. I never got a subsidy from the government, just my paycheck from the school district.

7. 20 days ago on Joey Weatherford

   The ancient Egyptians believed in life after death many centuries before Jesus. Other ancient people believed that souls of the dead went to Hades or some place similar. There was no reward or punishment, just being. Watch the third season of His Dark Materials for a powerful depiction of such a place.

8. 22 days ago on Jack Ohman

   And if you order yours in the next ten minutes we’ll include a pair of Trump shoes that will allow you to walk on water FREE!

9. 22 days ago on Gary Markstein

   You’re a bit confused. Andrew Jackson was President thirty years before Lincoln. You are probably thinking of Andrew Johnson who was Lincoln’s VP and a Democrat who ran with him on a unity ticket in 1864. The Republicans put up a series of incompetent and corrupt candidates like Grant but they also gave us decent and sometimes very good Presidents like Theodore Roosevelt, Taft and Eisenhower.

10. about 1 month ago on Joel Pett

    I always thought that the purpose of education was to broaden the mind and expose people to new and different ways of seeing the world. If all you wanted was to force feed students one way of seeing the world it was called indoctrination. I taught for thirty years and my goal was always to broaden the minds of my students. I’m glad that I’m retired now.