We were wrong about Seattle Public Schools. Moving our daughter to a private school was not our plan. Two grandparents were public school teachers, as was my mother. My wife, our siblings and I are products of a public education. In New Zealand, where I grew up, the best public schools were as good as […]
Transgender policy – another Democratic loss
Many people are disappointed with the Trump administration rescinding Obama’s guidance on transgender students in public schools. But the reaction is over the top and missing the big picture. Some people are asking how what the Trump administration has done is supposed to work, even suggesting there’s some new law in place. That gets the […]
Trump and our divided country
<The following are edited comments that I shared with a friend on Facebook who asked conservative friends and family to have a dialog about Trump and his first week.> Let me preface my comments. First, I didn’t support Trump, but I’m an optimist, and like Obama, Clinton and others said following the election, I think […]
Obama: The Great Disappointment
Every American ought to have had high hopes for Barack Obama’s presidency. An unsuccessful administration is bad for the country and, given America’s global status, it’s bad for the world too. That’s not to say you should have supported his entire agenda. Rather, as with Bill Clinton, you might have hoped the realities of governing […]
Open letter to the 1%
<I originally posted the following to Facebook at the beginning of 2013 when the income tax rate for top earners was raised to 39.6%> Jan 3, 2013 Dear Taxpayers Whose Income Taxes Were Raised on 1/1, Most of you are hardworking, successful people. Countless numbers of you have started and run companies that we’ve worked at, […]
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