Monthly Archives: April 2024

Way Outside the Box

Perhaps I would like to argue for multiple deciding factors. If ahead of time, to determine exam score cutoffs for the upcoming academic year, you decided on this specific guideline, (G1), instead of that one, (G2), but after the fact … Continue reading

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Good-Cop Bad-Cop

There is a difference between exercising power and acting tough. To exercise power is to methodically, consistently, thoughtfully work accessible power in a conscious effort to improve. To act tough is merely a muscle flexed to feel good about one’s … Continue reading

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Reserved for…

This week I was not allowed to use the restroom that is only steps away from my office. I remember when I was in grade school in the 1960’s and walking home with a friend, there was a gas station … Continue reading

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To Be Saved

I am not good enough to save myself. But I am good enough to help save others. Perhaps this is an indicator of which is more important. In this country, we have a contrived system of wealth and power that … Continue reading

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Killing the Last Buffalo

In the late 1800’s there were men vying to be the one to kill the last buffalo. They were encouraged by America’s destiny – our right as god-fearing white overlords to parcel and own all the land from sea to … Continue reading

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