The Great Tassel Shaft
I want the noble purpose of an educator without having to put in the hours. I want to retain a teacher’s saintly glow without having to fight for the daily miracles.
The Pen is Just as Mighty
No algorithm is going to teach mandated reporters that white families are just as dangerous as other families.
We Would Prefer Not To
Turning out in droves despite rain and wind and snow, we marched and chanted and beat on bucket-drums and blew on whistles and papered the campus with fliers. We disrupted classes. We shut down buildings.
Liner Notes with Tony, Part II: Generating Buzz for Ryn Weaver
If you ever hear me screaming “What if there’s more? What if there’s more?” I’m just singing along.
The 2018 NCAA Tournament: A Primer
Coming off a slow, ugly but eventually conclusive first-round victory over Montana, the Wolverines are riding a wave of 10-straight wins. May the streak run longer than their inseams.
Potato Salad Diaries (Volume II)
November 19, 2014
I blew strawberry gelatin mix out of my nose today.
I don’t want to talk about it.
The Purpose Driven Toddler: Seven Steps to a Righteous Rugrat
Locusts. They were good enough for John the Baptist; they are good enough for your toddler.
Speak Again
I still talk to myself. Big conversations I’ve rehearsed of late include a breakup, a car insurance claim, and a defense of “inappropriate” literature I’ve chosen for a class.
Pothole Culture Shock
I didn’t swerve around the pothole because I didn’t see it. In many ways, I’ve forgotten how to look outside myself and outside my culture.
Bloom and Grow
I think when we look down on children it’s because we have momentarily, or perhaps chronically, forgotten that little kid inside earnestly whispering, “Don’t forget me. I’m still here.”
