“What is that sound? Is there an emergency alert on the TV? No, it’s your iPhone!”

In the last couple of years, the field I work in — social studies — has been under attack from the right wing, claiming that social studies undermines the teaching of history. This is patently ridiculous, as  [more...]

His was a voice that was instantly familiar, narrating the CBS News short “In The News” segments during kids’ programming in the 1970s and 1980s. I got most of my news, as a kid, from Christopher Glenn  [more...]

This morning, I switched from glasses to contacts – as I often do when the weather is nice and I want to wear sunglasses. I also, as of this morning, have lost 22 pounds on my diet. The combination of losing  [more...]