D-Day Memory: Then and Now

On a Tuesday in early June 1944, near the end of 5th grade, I woke to find my mother extremely Continue reading →

P.S. The Windrush Generation

I have posted more than once about Claudia Jones and her life and work in London with the “Windrush Generation.” Continue reading →

P.S. Public (?) Education (?)

In April I posted here about Trump’s dismal choice of a Secretary of Education who neither knows nor cares about Continue reading →

“School Choice”: DeVos v. Education

Much too often since the election of Donald Trump, I have felt a sickening sense of return to the 1950s. Continue reading →

For the Birds

I’ve been lucky enough to visit beautiful Sanibel Island on the Florida Gulf Coast for the last seven or eight Continue reading →

Coming of Age in the 1950s All Over Again

I’ve been reflecting here on coming of age in the 1950s, and on some of the extraordinary changes I’ve observed Continue reading →

P.S. We’re All Nasty Now

I posted “Generations“ in May 2015, when Bernie Sanders was a gleam in the eye of the Left, Jeb Bush Continue reading →

#Tech #Support

During my long-ago childhood I could never have imagined that a phone—a heavy, stable black object—would become a traveling computer Continue reading →