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The United States Supreme Court recently ruled that government-funded school voucher programs are constitutional. This to me was glorious news, because I feel that children can now escape the failed school monopoly called Public Education. More ... Although I have a degree in anthropology and although Margaret Mead, one of the country's most famous anthropologists, was one of the reasons that I loved the discipline, I had to come to church in Winsted to hear this story about her: When asked what she thought was the first sign of civilization, Mead said that when archaeologists found a healed leg bone, they knew that humans had become civiliz More ... In the July 25 issue of the Waterbury Republican-American [Winsted gets a tax reduction], Margaret Johnson was quoted as warning that this year's budget cuts will mean a loss in services. More ... On this mid-summer afternoon I consider the world that we now live in and its many, many struggles. In these times I realize how very blessed I have been with the gifts of my faith, my family, my friends, home and freedom, and I am so grateful. More ... |
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