Okay, I’ve had it with kids neglecting to bring a pencil to class. They prefer to call it “forgetting,†as in “I forgot we have a quiz every Monday†or “I forgot pencils are useful in school.†I’m not handing out my pencils so they can forget to return them, and I’m certainly not buying […]
The weather here has been pretty cruddy of late. An aggressive winter dumped several feet of snow on us in two or three big blasts (depending on how you count blizzards on two successive days), but New Jersey winters are pretty mild, all told, and the weather warmed and the massive snow banks retreated. In […]
Watching the dominoes of corrupt regimes topple in and around north Africa has been fun. Tunisians got their regime change; Egyptians got their regime change; Libyans got a murderous reaction, but one which promises to harden the opposition rather than destroy it; Saudis are now gathering to make their push. It’s fun, upbeat news for […]