New York has been on a weather roller coaster and I want to get off.
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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions: Private Prisons Are Back in Business with BOP
The idea that a corporation should ever profit from warehousing humans still remains beyond offensive and should not be tolerated in a civil and just society.
Read More »MLB’s Automatic Intentional Walk – Game Changer or Changing the Game?
The automatic intentional walk is a brilliant idea – right up there with national holidays on Mondays and the Common Core Curriculum.
Read More »Trump Inherited a Mess? A Presidential Walk-Through Proposal
The outgoing president and the new president will hold a brief joint news conference to publicly acknowledge a document that details the condition of the country at the time of the transfer of leadership – no more bullshit.
Read More »Prison Education Transforms Lives, Reduces Recidivism
Prison education and rehabilitation programs can provide practical skills, career and vocational skills, and critical thinking skills. They can help with mental and behavioral issues, and provide access to higher education courses; some achieve diplomas and degrees while incarcerated. These programs are vital to improving lives, especially since many prisoners come from poverty, do not have high school diplomas, and lack outside support networks.
Read More »New Legislation Would Abolish Department of Education by End of 2018
Will the U.S. Dept. of Education vanish by the end of next year under Devos?
Read More »Super Bowl LI (51) – Making the Case for Super Bowl Saturday
It is estimated that approximately 16 million people stayed home from work on the day after last year’s Super Bowl.
Read More »Mary Tyler Moore – She Turned Our World On With Her Smile
To hear of Mary's loss is painful for so many of us because she played two indelible TV characters that have remained in our hearts all these years.
Read More »Distorted History in ‘Bel Canto’ from Lyric Opera of Chicago
Why does the opera call these educated and thoughtful Peruvian revolutionaries "terrorists"?
Read More »MLB Hall of Fame Inductees – Is The Steroid Era Slowly Being Forgotten and Forgiven?
At this point it seems the Baseball Writers’ Association of America is starting to either forget or even forgive players from the so-called Steroid Era.
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