“Well, isn’t she immoral for bringing that baby with Down syndrome into the world?” my friend barked angrily at me. “You’re the ethicist,” she smirked, making me feel as if I’d gotten Sarah Palin pregnant with her fifth child.

“This is an issue of choice… Read full post »

At first glance John McCain does not seem like a dangerous man. He is not motivated by the fulsome apocalyptic Christianity of George W. Bush, nor does he have the manifest destiny complex of Bush. His impulsiveness, hot-headedness and intransigent individualism are minor character traits that many a… Read full post »

Barack Obama has a real problem. He needs to start fighting a ferocious battle against the Republicans-including Sarah Palin. But she looks like a hockey mom, a soccer mom and a mom you would see walking the aisles of Wal-Mart. Any assault is going to look like abuse, despite the fact that… Read full post »

Terrorists in the Classroom: Meddling Parents and the Hijacking of Modern Education

An article, “L is for Lawsuit” by Janelle Brown in  Salon magazine brought, for the first time to the best of my knowledge, major media attention to a growing educational catastrophe taking plac/… Read full post »