Quick update:
As I dive more and more into this political venture, updates and revamping the site comes as a necessary.
The site, itself, and the focal point of its purpose stand strong and firm.  The changes or additions that will be taking place will be big and little.
The “big” will be actual site functions and design upgrades.  This is a love of mine and an easy item to do.  Another big item is the amount of writers.  I will be look for and adding new writers. If anyone wants to write, …

This Sunday morning (Aug.30, 2009), many of the political pundit shows discussed the loss of Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy.  One show, “This Week w/ George Stephanopolis”, discussed not on the the former Senators life, but also a recently released report by Attorney General Eric Holder.  The report can best be summed up by a New York Times overview of the CIA:
On Aug. 24, it was revealed that the Justice Department’s ethics office, the Office of Personal Responsibility, had  recommended reversing the Bush administration and reopening nearly a dozen prisoner-abuse cases, …

In the last few weeks, health care has become a HUGE hot-button issue.  The absolute and outright lies coming from demonstrators have grown immensely in numbers.
This has been followed up by violence and death threats to liberal politicians.  I spoke to a friend about a month ago about the protests when they started and I predicted the violence would follow.  Health care is shaping up to be a something that the Right is willing to become violent over.  The lack of education on the current health care situation and the …

As my second year of teaching approaches, I’ve spent this whole summer reviewing my first year and my successes and failures.  I have thought about all the pedagogical triumphs and all the poor management decisions I made last year.  For better or for worse, I have a year under my belt.  I have cherished my first year in my chosen career and I look forward to the next 20 to 30 years of passion for my life as an educator.
Beyond the initial shock and awe of being a first year …