THE CURIOUS CASE OF A $100 MILLION INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION COSTING $230 MILLION, AKA MATH IS HARD“But we are living in a skeptical and, if I may use the phrase, a thought-tormented age; and sometimes I fear that this new generation, educated or hypereducated as it is, will lack those qualities of humanity, of hospitality, of kindly humor which belonged to an older day..” ― James Joyce Back in my drinking life, we'd be out at the bar most every night. Occasionally, as a result of being overse
THANK YOU, TEACHERS“I said, ‘The truth is whatever you can get away with.’ ‘No, that’s journalism. The truth is whatever you can’t escape.” ― Greg Egan, I hope those of you enjoying Spring Break this week are using the time to recharge batteries and reconnect with families and friends. As the spouse of a public school educator, I can attest that this has been perhaps the most challenging year ever, and has definite
SHOWING LOVE TO WHERE YOU START FROMLife and study have persuaded me of the openness of history. There is no inevitability in history. Thinking about what might have happened, what could have happened, is a necessary element in trying to understand what did happen. And if, as I believe, individual acts of decency and courage make a difference, then they need to be recorded and remembered.” ― Fritz Stern, Five Germanys I Have Known
NASHVILLE'S LAST SCHOOL BOARD RACE“One person presents their story each day; no one has to be Sigmund Freud to figure out these were men who grew so tired of being wounded, they went out and wounded something else.” ― Stephen Reid, A Crowbar in the Buddhist Garden It may sound hyperbolic, but it's entirely possible that Nashville's first partisan school board race will be Nashville's last school board race. Let me explain. Nashvi
THE ONE WHERE PINKY AND THE BRAIN HIRE A HENCHWOMANAll I could think of when I got a look at the place from the outside was what fun it would be to stand out there and watch it burn down.” ― Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House Long-time readers are likely familiar with my self-imposed rule of never writing angry. I'd like to think that over the years I've been pretty good at adhering to that rule. Truth be told, as time marches on it's be
