I wonder if millennials even know who Thomas Paine was. In the early 1960s I studied American History in college, as a required core subject, courses even engineering students from India had to take in order to get a degree. I’m not…
Author: vassar
Parkland, Defeating Bullies, the Ancient Laws No Longer Work (Revised)
Some bullies are born mean. They have a hole in their soul. Or so older generations always believed. But most bullies are defined by their environment; neighborhoods, schools, community. For generations those venues culled the “bully” out of most kids while still young so…
Chernobyl
My wife and I watched the 5-episode mini-series, “Chernobyl” two evenings this past weekend. I was better than good, and has as much relevance today as it would have had had anyone actually known what went on back in the…