Palermo: Puppets and Piazzas

8 years ago

It rarely snows in Palermo but I was pleased to see the universal winter snowflakes on the windows of the…

Palermo 2016 into 2017

8 years ago

On the back-end of bronchitis I've been hacking, wheezing and coughing my way through Palermo with the long-suffering travel mate.…

Happy New Year 1917

8 years ago

A few images from a century ago to wish everyone the very best for 1917. War is lurking!  This Reading…

Treasons Greetings: The Ghosts of Happy Holidays Past

8 years ago

It's politically incorrect to say Happy Holidays these days. We must all say Merry Christmas. No word on the acceptability…

Two Cheers for Diversity and the Unfinished Work of America: Stronger Together

8 years ago

The NAIS Annual People Of Color Conference opens this week in Atlanta. It will draw independent educators from across the country. They…

From Rage And Grief To Action: What We Need To Do Now

8 years ago

Guest Post by Susan Scheid Writing in the Washington Post today, Fareed Zakaria weighs in once again, as many already…

The Great Unleaving: When Life Throws Rhubarb on your Custard

8 years ago

I left full-time employment at the end of June with a grand plan of doing nothing. After 45 years in…

Breaking News: USA Today Did NOT Break the Trump Lawsuit Story. Here’s Who Did.

8 years ago

On November 25, 2016, the New York Times Editorial Board issued a blistering editorial entitled “Donald Trump and the Lawsuit…

Degenerate Art and the New Regime in Washington

8 years ago

There's a great exhibit on at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC:  Max Beckmann in New York It highlights…

Pandora and Her New Box

8 years ago

This 1809 cartoon by the political caricaturist James Gillray is in the National Portrait Gallery. London. It is entitled Pandora…