Denver teachers are about to go on strike and who can blame them, given the utterly ridiculous and completely unacceptable pay incentive and bonus system placed upon them: The issue at hand in Denver
Joe Biden is an obvious nonstarter for the Democratic nomination and I have no real doubt that his early leads in polls, which are meaningless at this point, are about nostalgia for Obama and name rec
Great news from Los Angeles, with the teachers winning basically everything they wanted from the city. The teachers won a 6 percent pay raise and caps on class sizes, which had become one of the most
On January 22, 1599, Spanish troops began their attack on Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico. This incredibly violent incident and aftermath created a regime of labor under Spanish rule that would have devast
Today marks two years since Donald Trump’s inauguration as president. Sometimes, it’s still hard to believe I am typing statements like this. It’s been a journey, to say the least, o
This is the grave of John Connally. Born in 1917 in Floresville, Texas, Connally grew up pretty poor. His parents were tenant farmers. But not only did he graduate from high school, he went on to the
This is the grave of the traitor George Pickett. Pickett was unfortunately born in 1825 to an elite Virginia family in Richmond. For awhile he was going to go into the law and even left the South to d
This is the grave of Ruth Page. Born in 1899 in Indianapolis, Page became of the greatest dancers in American history. She made her Broadway debut in 1917, toured South America in 1918 with a company,