P.S. “A Strange and Terrible Sight”

Frightened and enraged by the crimes and abuses of the Trump administration and its enablers, I look back for hope Continue reading →

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 →

“I Question America”

I have written here before about the Greatest Generation, born between about 1909 and 1929 and celebrated for enduring the Continue reading →

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

In April [2017] I posted here about Trump’s dismal choice of a Secretary of Education who neither knows nor cares Continue reading →

P.S. “Not used in Bulletin. Put in file.” (1956)

In an earlier post and two essays I have written about my search-and-discovery experience of “Finding Claudia Jones,” the extraordinary 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 →