Request: No. Check that. Demand: Remove the rhetorical “Guess what? from your lexicon immediately. Not every “Guess what?” is bad. “Guess what?” is perfectly acceptable much of the time. But…
I feel so blessed to be able to watch the way that my father-in-law interacts with my children. Whenever possible, he is on the ground, crawling around, playing with their…
It’s a GE commercial designed to sell light bulbs. Nevertheless, it’s honestly funnier than a lot of movies that I’ve seen.
A teacher recently asked me if my students and I collaborate on the rules of my classroom at the beginning of the year. Actually, the teacher used the word “norms”…
For the first time in 50-plus years, you won't find a block of animation on broadcast this morning. Saturday morning cartoons are over. It's the end of an era. I’m…
I suspect that the Republican Party has been infiltrated by some undercover Democratic strategists who have convinced them that stupid, sexist political ads are effective. There can be no other…
The New England Patriots 43-17 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday night was the highlight of my weekend, and it gave my students reason to celebrate. I’m never in…
I’ll be speaking on the panel below alongside RJ Julia Bookseller’s President Roxanne Coady and Books on the Nightstand hosts Ann Kingman and Michael Kindness. If you’re a reader and…
On Saturday morning, I posted the following to Facebook: At 6:38 this morning the sky turned an orange that I have never seen before. It was as if it was…
