And so it begins… Department of Education rescinds guidance on book bans.
A nd so it begins… as of January 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has rescinded all guidance indicating that school districts’ implementation of book bans could violate civil rights laws. The agency has also eliminated President Biden’s recently-created position of book ban coordinator.[1] Responsibilities of this now-abolished post entailed the development of... Read More.
Aphorisms Unplugged: It’s nice to be important, but more important to be nice.
L ike many mothers, my mom drilled the importance of being nice into my young psyche. She used expressions like the direct and simple “be nice” to impart this lesson. As well as Thumper the rabbit’s ever-popular pearl of wisdom “if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.” Not to mention Jimmy Durante’s “be nice to... Read More.
Of Mice and Men: Am I My Brother’s Keeper?
A m I my brother's keeper? It’s the question Cain sardonically put to God in the book of Genesis, when God confronts Cain about the death of his brother Abel. And as we all know, due to Cain's scornful nature things didn’t turn out very well for him. But, how does Cain’s challenge apply to John Steinbeck’s novella... Read More.