Mr. Locke’s Classroom

Five down, five to go! (I figure ten songs is barely enough for a first album). I started writing this one last night and finished sometime after midnight, so I guess technically I can say that I wrote it on September 11th. Which is appropriate, considering the subject. Here are some other observations: I wrote, [...]

(and any other copyright hawks still reading)

Well, not all of them. Just 68%.

Thanks to Annie for pointing this out to me. Joho the Blog says: The Sunlight-Berkman confab on providing more access to more information about politics and government was terrific. And then: Most of the attendees are progressives, although some are non-partisan. But even the people behind the non-partisan services tend to be left-leaning. Yet what [...]

Yesterday, I ran accross an old favorite of mine again on Wikipedia: I have to admit, though Huey Long is a controversial figure, and on some issues (racial equality, for one) he disappoints, I am still fascinated by some of his ideas — especially his posthumously published book (he was assasinated) My First Days As [...]

Oddly enough, in the past two years that I have been blogging, less than a handful of my posts have been about my spiritual beliefs—a subject that is at the core of my life, my vocation, and my passion. Rather than analyze or make excuses as to why that is, I will attempt to change [...]

It’s that time of year when students and adults alike break out the calculators to demonstrate some basic math skills. For the students, the math portion of the Texas Asessment of Knowledge and Skills is in just two weeks, and for me the Internal Revenue Service requests the honor of my annual “pledge” to the [...]