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 …