Recent Comments

1. about 7 hours ago on The Other Coast

   My wife and I lived near south bend Indiana not far from Lake Michigan. The last snow we endured was a “lake effect” snow drifted so high the only door of the house I could open was the garage door. I shoveled a path for the dog and we decided that morning to move to Florida. That was 35 years ago and we have never once regretted the move. I know there are some whackos here in Florida but for the most part they stay to themselves — just driving their pickup trucks with bumper stickers and flags.

2. 27 days ago on For Better or For Worse

   Here in central florida I never wear long pants unless it gets below 50 degrees — like this morning. Burrrrrrrrrr!

3. about 1 month ago on The Other Coast

   We all worked with that guy.

4. about 1 month ago on The Flying McCoys

   I used to when I was younger.

5. about 1 month ago on Non Sequitur

   I knew that. I was just testing you. :)

6. about 1 month ago on Non Sequitur

   Yep. I had to correct my date for the moon landing.

7. about 1 month ago on Non Sequitur

   Remember when the US led the world. We put a man on the moon in 1969 and developed the artificial heart a little later. BUT in the early eighties the government commissioned a study entitled “a Nation at Risk” which was pre-determined to show that our education system was sub-par and needed the politicians to repair it. Thus came the influx of government curriculum requirements, teacher licensing changes, Charter Schools, government support of religious schools and finally home schooling. Since then we have developed two or three generations of persons striving for mediocrity and who celebrate their own ignorance. The politicians, some with good intent, believed they knew more about educating our nation’s children than did the professional educators and demanded changes that continually reduced students’ level of competence and ability to think critically. Then, when the students failed to measure up to standardized examinations, the politicians demanded that the tests be altered and “passing” criteria be reduced. Think Middle School where every student receives an award even though the students realize that such is meaningless. As private corporations and individuals entered into the charter school business, mediocrity and artificial “student success” abounded. For every charter school whose actual success is celebrated on CNN, magazine stories or newspaper articles, there are hundreds which fail all the while subverting scant resources from regular public schools. Since charter schools are supported by tax dollars most charter school laws are really a license to steal. Public education is the largest industry in this Country. Everyone gets rich from public education except public educators.

8. about 1 month ago on Non Sequitur

   Remember when the US led the world. We put a man on the moon in 1973 and developed the artificial heart a little later. BUT in the early eighties the government commissioned a study entitled “a Nation at Risk” which was pre-determined to show that our education system was sub-par and needed the politicians to repair it. Thus came the influx of government curriculum requirements, teacher licensing changes, Charter Schools, government support of religious schools and finally home schooling. Since then we have developed two or three generations of persons striving for mediocrity and who celebrate their own ignorance. The politicians, some with good intent, believed they knew more about educating our nation’s children than did the professional educators and demanded changes that continually reduced students’ level of competence and ability to think critically. Then, when the students failed to measure up to standardized examinations, the politicians demanded that the tests be altered and “passing” criteria be reduced. Think Middle School where every student receives an award even though the students realize that such is meaningless. As private corporations and individuals entered into the charter school business, mediocrity and artificial “student success” abounded. For every charter school whose actual success is celebrated on CNN, magazine stories or newspaper articles, there are hundreds which fail all the while subverting scant resources from regular public schools. Since charter schools are supported by tax dollars most charter school laws are really a license to steal. Public education is the largest industry in this Country. Everyone gets rich from public education except public educators.

9. about 1 month ago on Doonesbury

   Four times zero traction equals zero traction.

10. about 1 month ago on Doonesbury

    Nothing is GOOD on ice.