My dad toughed it out in North Dakota for two years after my mother died. But finally, even walking three blocks to the post office on Main Street became difficult. “Dad,” I said, “It’s time to come and live with us in Colorado.” He hired the auctioneer, and kept a stiff upper lip as the […]
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A funny thing happened on the way to Hillary Clinton’s presumptive nomination as the Democrat candidate for president: most Democrats don’t seem to care that her likely nomination was obtained by highly questionable means. During the primaries, there were many well-documented instances of voter suppression and fraud on the part if the DNC, under the
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Donald Trump scares the hell out of me, and I’m not just talking about his hair. When “The Donald” first announced his presidential aspirations I, like a lot of people, laughed him off as a joke, a sideshow. Well, the circus has come to town and The Donald is its ringmaster. His rise to the
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News pundits, politicians, teachers, and parents all report that the upcoming generation will grow into a world where the Internet and social media have fractured and divided communities into mass groups of isolated individuals. The likely truth is that we have reached a point that surpasses all others in recent memory in terms of community,
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Corporal punishment in the public schools is becoming a thing of the past. As an elementary teacher for 35 years, I’m glad to see it go. The following is my only personal experience with spanking that resulted in a positive outcome. (Names have been changed to protect privacy.) Inner City School, Colorado Springs, 1971 Tricia
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A spanking of a kindergartner by the principal in Monticello, Georgia, made the national news recently. The mother reported in USA Today April 18, 2016 that she now regrets having given the school permission to paddle her five-year old son. When I began teaching in Colorado Springs in the late 60’s, corporal punishment was the