Author: teacherken

I live in Virginia but teach in Maryland, so I don’t know that many educators who live in...

I offer for your consideration today a book which I read this week.  It is entitled, A War...

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Regular readers know the high regard in which I hold the op-ed pages of the Boston Globe, for both the quality and diversity of their offerings —  Ellen Goodman, Derrick jackson and Tom Oliphant on the liberal side, Jeff Jacoby clearly conservative, Cathy Young Libertarian, James Carroll impossible to classify.  And in the middle / mainstream Scott Lehigh and Joan Vennochi.  It is Vennochi whom I wish to bring to your attention today.   Her column  is entitled Knocking on Cheney’s Door and is well worth the read.

Let me offer a few snippets.