Collecting My Thoughts

I was surprised to hear a Christian writer I respect say that Trump's first 100 days were the scariest he's experienced -- referring...

There are some things in the Trump plan that I don't care for. I'd rather have Canada be a good neighbor than a sullen step-child al...

We attended a small gathering of shell shocked but jubilant voters last evening--pizza, wine, spice cake, and a lot of discussion about the...

From time to time, I read that some conservatives want to dump the federal Department of Education because of the poor performance of our pu...

This is disgusting. I want my money back.  Are there no homeless on the streets?  Are there no 18 year olds aging out of foster care?  Are t...

 " . . .  when a school strives to create a “safe, welcoming, and inclusive” environment for transgender-identified students, it greatl...

Today I received an article about Upward Bound summer institute at Ohio State University, https://odi.osu.edu/upward-bound/ . Launched in 1...

Canada is a federation of 10 provinces and three territories. Under the Canadian Constitution, provincial governments have exclusive respons...

I didn't feel strongly about DeVos--except the teachers' unions were against her and that's a pretty good clue. The two Republic...

Yes, Common Core is a problem, but it is also a symptom--points back to the creation of the federal Department of Education in the 1970s. Li...

Not only is it one of the largest banks in the U.S. creating the next bubble (student loans), but it is also destroying our values. Not...

Story at Huffington Post , May 14, 2013 “The Obama administration is forecast to turn a record $51 billion profit this year from student...

“The U.S. Department of Education began operating on May 4, 1980, and things started to change. People’s patriotic behavior and protectivene...

Confused about how the Department of Education spreads around your tax dollar? Here's a comparison of No Child Left Behind (Bush, 2001, ...

Note: The story of Jodi and Susi is fiction--at least the main characters. The amounts and the disparities in the pensions are true. This ...

Lately, we've been getting robo calls about student loans. We don't have any, of course. Neither one of us ever borrowed money fro...

Michelle Malkin wonders of the Department of Education employees were sent to check on the spelling of banners. A purple SEIU banner spelle...