Kamala Harris is doing a nice thing on Twitter, asking people to share stories of teachers who changed their lives. Here’s one of several I can think of right away: Kenneth Clegg, the chemistry teacher at Warwick Academy in Bermuda. He made us all … [Continue reading] about What Makes a Life-Changing Teacher
Words matter. And if Democrats aren’t careful, they’ll use them to lose the 2020 election. Led by popular figures like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders, some on the left are calling themselves Democratic Socialists. Are they really? I … [Continue reading] about Democratic Socialist or Social Democrat? There’s a Difference — and It Matters a Lot.
About the kids and Dianne Feinstein. I understand why some people feel outraged by what they think they’re seeing in the video, but I’d like to ask them to step back for a moment and try something that may feel unnatural: exercise some empathy for a … [Continue reading] about What the Feinstein-Kids Video Teaches About Effective—And Ineffective—Advocacy
Slavery was repugnant to many Americans long before America was a country — the Germantown Quakers denounced it in 1688. It was outlawed in the British Empire in 1833. We fought a Civil War over it from 1861-65. Still, injustice and violence against … [Continue reading] about The “Innocent Mistake” Defense for Racism
It's been hitting me hard lately how so much of the agony we're living through now originates in our bungling response, or lack of response, to the fall of the Soviet Union. When the USSR collapsed in on itself under the weight of its own illogic … [Continue reading] about How We Won—And Then Lost—The Cold War