October 25, 2023 Why I love to read banned books Banned books are the best books. There, I said it. But seriously – if a book has something inside of it that is striking…
April 28, 2023 Raise your hand if you want to end school shootings Kids being killed in school shootings – and our government continually doing absolutely nothing about it – is a uniquely and exclusively American problem….
April 22, 2023 7 things we learned at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello When you think of Thomas Jefferson, what springs to your mind? I must admit, my most immediate reference is the way he is portrayed…
March 22, 2022 Racism is one of America’s founding values The United States of America was founded on white supremacy and anti-Black racism. Those are pretty shocking words, aren’t they? But every single one…
October 8, 2021 Why we need “the Dads” for Olentangy School Board This Halloween season, there’s nothing that scares me more than the wrong people getting voted onto the Olentangy Local School District board. I know…
July 20, 2021 How to escape from the prison of diet culture In a recent post, I promised a follow-up piece about diet culture and how to escape from it. Make no mistake, diet culture is…
June 23, 2021 I hate the racism, homophobia and division in our community I’ve had it with the anti- anti-racism crowd. I’m sure you know who I’m talking about. As I shared on my Facebook page recently,…
April 14, 2021 Olentangy Schools are perpetrating racist and harmful stereotypes Back in March, I wrote about my disappointment with the leaders and school board of Olentangy Schools for refusing to change the Olentangy High…
March 14, 2021 Why do Olentangy Schools perpetuate racist, offensive team names? Once again, I am bitterly disappointed to see white supremacy show up disguised as “this is the way we’ve always done things” in the…
January 19, 2021 Here are things I’m looking forward to in 2021 Wow. 2020 was one heck of a year, wasn’t it? I hoped we’d have a chance to catch our breaths and relax a bit…
