May 15, 2026 It’s time to create a plan…a cohesive plan that pulls together the various facets of this new undertaking, Kinder Civics. Right now I feel like I am in a corn maze and there are many ways to turn, many paths to try. I know many of the things I want to accomplish, and I suppose those are the various paths I could take. But in what order? What if I haven’t seen all the available paths, and what if I overlook an important one? I have many, many questions to answer.

...as long as you don’t ask for rotisserie chicken... May 21, 2026 This essay supplements the Kinder Civics coloring book series so as learners color, their parents, guardians and others can reinforce the “Big Lessons” contained on the pages. The first Big Lesson is “Ask for help.” Unless you' want a rotisserie chicken. After all, everyone is worthy of support. And while my essay is secular, it doesn’t hurt to acknowledge from the jump that renowned author and journalist Doro

May 8, 2026 Given the choice between watching a political discussion among pundits on a cable news network or facilitating one in my classroom, I would choose my classroom every time. Pundits substitute volume and volatility for insight and intellectualism, to the unfortunate climax of one red-faced pundit shouting at another earlier this month, “Get your f*%&ing hand out of my face!” (No one had their hand in his face, but clearly that’s not my point.) The students in my pol