Showing posts with label public education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label public education. Show all posts
Monday, January 21, 2013
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Blogging as a Family Affair
I don't follow many political blogs - even liberal ones. However, my brother Paul does and actually posts to them. Recently he stirred up quite a stink over his comments about liberals who support public education in the abstract but not when it comes to the schools their children attend. I enjoyed his comments so much I thought I'd share his post here:
Liberal Lemmings
We live in a liberal oasis. Our Pacific Northwest city is famous for its light rail, bicycling, beer, swooshy shoes and amiable eccentricity. I can go weeks without having another human being say –to my face anyway- something conservative/stupid. But the human capacity for finding new veins of throbbing insecurity is infinite, and parents-of-eighth graders (a mob prone to hysteria) become foaming rodent idiots when forced to the abyss: choosing a high school.
To read more go to: Liberal Lemmings
Liberal Lemmings
We live in a liberal oasis. Our Pacific Northwest city is famous for its light rail, bicycling, beer, swooshy shoes and amiable eccentricity. I can go weeks without having another human being say –to my face anyway- something conservative/stupid. But the human capacity for finding new veins of throbbing insecurity is infinite, and parents-of-eighth graders (a mob prone to hysteria) become foaming rodent idiots when forced to the abyss: choosing a high school.
To read more go to: Liberal Lemmings
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