To quote Snoke in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, “There has been an awakening.  Have you felt it?” Whether we’re talking about PreK-12 schooling or higher ed, things are changing.  Parents and students are starting to realize the raw deal they’ve been getting with the current education systems.  It’s showing up in enrollment data — and […]

The year was 2003, the summer between my seventh- and eighth-grade years at Falcon Creek Middle School. We were on our annual vacation visiting family back home in Upstate New York, and my Grandpa Walt took me on a golf outing. On the way back to his house, a very curious thing happened. Grandpa turned […]

It was Dec. 6, 1983.  Blues/rock guitar god Stevie Ray Vaughan, then just 29 and not yet a blip on the music radar screen, was set to join blues legend Albert King, then twice his age, for a televised jam session in Hamilton Ontario, Canada.  The performance was recorded live for a TV show called In […]

The song erupted clear across the golf course. A golfer recoiled in anger. “The man’s a menace!” he shouted. “Cut that off!” His frustration, mixed with a sneering attitude, was palpable. “Music is a violation of my personal privacy. He’s breaking the law!” Sadly, decades-old jokes from a cult classic (of course, I’m talking about […]

Congressional Democrats are moving apace with their student loan forgiveness schemes. Last week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth Warren, along with several liberal members of Congress, introduced a resolution calling for President Biden to cancel unilaterally up to $50,000 in student loan debt for every borrower. It’s unknown if Biden, who favors some […]