W hen I was a child my parents taught me that not telling the whole truth is lying. O n July 3 rd , President Donald Trump declared that educators are teaching students to hate their own country because critical examinations of history, allegedly, are a web of lies without perspective but with distorted facts. Mr. Trump’s description is topsy-turvy . American history traditionally taught has promoted a narrative in which white folks are represented as victorious and virtuous , wit h occasional

Having recently read To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, I invite you to escape for the next minute or so and come along on this wee wander down a summer stream of consciousness.

Having recently read To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, I invite you to escape for the next minute or so and come along on this wee wander down a summer stream of consciousness. Walking my cat in the backyard, a bee flew under my sundress and began stinging in places I should not have exposed to my neighbors -- who were hosting a party in the kiddie pool and mini water park that’s taken over their backyard. Taking me back to those endless summertime days of childhood and my backyard pool I’d

Holding the door open for someone approaching the door. Saying please, thank you, and excuse me. Pulling all the way up at school drop off. Wearing a mask. These are all examples of common courtesy.

Holding the door open for someone approaching the door. Saying please, thank you, and excuse me. Pulling all the way up at school drop off. Wearing a mask. These are all examples of common courtesy. I have lived in big cities, suburbs and here in DeKalb County for over a decade. And sadly, common courtesy is not something I see as often as I would hope. I know we live in extraordinary times. Most of you have been in your homes, baking, doing puzzles, and working in confined spaces for many weeks

It was not a trick question that I asked my fifth-grade students long ago.

It was not a trick question that I asked my fifth-grade students long ago. "How can CPR revive a person if we breathe IN oxygen and we breathe OUT carbon dioxide?" After some guessing, one student came up with the correct answer. "There is still some oxygen left in the air we exhale." Yes there is, and while the ratio is different, it is sufficient to get the job done. I offer this anecdote in response to persons who seem convinced there are mortal dangers to wearing a face mask. No, you

We’re all suffering from outrage fatigue, making it hard to pay attention to all the new outrages. But please don’t miss this one. Trump, in a masterstroke of “two-for-the-price-of-one awfulness” managed to put bullseyes on both international students and university budgets.

We’re all suffering from outrage fatigue, making it hard to pay attention to all the new outrages. But please don’t miss this one. Trump, in a masterstroke of “two-for-the-price-of-one awfulness” managed to put bullseyes on both international students and university budgets. America has hugely benefitted from having colleges and universities welcome foreign students. For decades we’ve attracted the world’s brightest minds to our shores for undergraduate and graduate degrees. A great many of

Once again, I have found the latest round of “debates” on the legacy of the Confederacy baffling 155 years after the Civil War ended. Once and for all, we need consider the Confederacy for what it was and where it now belongs. The lesson on how to accomplish that comes from the Germans and how they treat their dark history.