January 10, 2017

Stop labeling me, progressives!

Please, those of you on the left: stop calling people with my political beliefs “radical.”  I’ve said “radical” where others would say “reactionary.”  The point is, I don’t want to sound ...

September 23, 2015

Why Jeremy Corbyn Matters

Election of the opposition parties of American allies hardly measures a blip on the American consciousness, but Jeremy Corbyn’s election as leader of the UK Labour Party should send shivers down the spines of the hierarchy of both American part...

June 4, 2011

National Curriculum or National Standards?

Discussions about a national curriculum have been part of the background noise in American education for a long time but the volume has been turned up in recent months.  The issue is discussed frequently on education websites; writers like Susan...