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I was helping my wife clean up her classroom at the end of the school year when I noticed the red strip of tape in the corner of the room. She confirmed it was what I thought it was: a guide for students so they knew where to hide if…

I’ve Never Been Able to Teach America Why It’s Imploding in Brutality and Violence — And I Regret It — How long have I been writing about it? America. It’s cruelty, collapse, implosion, brutality, violence. How long have I predicted it — this abyss it finds itself in? We’d just landed. Snowy, my little dog, arrived later that afternoon. He yelped with joy, his big eyes wide. Mom! Dad! The…

Another example of what is wrong with Republicans — Ted Cruz’s press release after the May 24 murder of 21 people in Uvalde, Texas, is a potent emetic. I wanted to throw up after I read it. After calling the shootings “an absolute act of evil,” the Texas Republican wrote, “Heidi and I are lifting up in prayer the…

How many massacres does it take to change a nation? — Here we are again. Confronted with the horror of yet another school shooting. And as the dust settles on the tragic news of 19 children and two teachers being killed by an 18-year-old gunman in an elementary school in Texas, a question lingers in the air once again. It is…

I’m Planetsick, And I Think You Might Be Too — I want to discuss something with you. Gently, though, very gently. A feeling. Just a feeling, I guess. But one like a hammer. I think it’s falling on all of us. So…if it is…gently. I don’t know where to begin, really. Sometimes I discuss great and urgent messages with you…

Don’t try and catch a falling knife — LUNAtics have been pointlessly sending their tokens to a burn address, hoping the price will once again increase. Honestly, it is hopeless. Terra Luna is officially dead, with no chance of being resurrected. Think about how many people have lost their life savings in this event. Do you really think…

“Can I take you in this old truck?” — Dakota Michael Wollan was very undecided about who to take to prom this year. The night turned out to be truly special after his father came up with the idea to take his 92-year-old great-grandmother. She didn’t hesitate to accept the proposal, and off they went to have fun. What are the details? “After…