This is all so 1950s

More Politics of Fear

Check out my brother Fred's PREAPrez blog for recent posts here, here & here, about the witch hunting Ms. McDonald over at the Justice Dept., who Googles all prospective employees to see if they are now or ever have been a member of…

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Sing, sing a song…

When the American Legion says, "sing" you sing. At least that's how it is at a fearful Fenton High School in Bensenville, Il. where the Legionaires demanded that the school choir perform the National Anthem at the start of every concert.

On Monday, members of a local American Legion Post and the American Legion Riders spoke out at the Fenton High School District 100 board meeting, saying the school had a civic duty and social responsibility to educate students to be civilly responsible. They also said singing the song would honor all of the school's graduates who went on to serve in the military.

Quote of the week from the PEN Weekly Newsblast


Baldwin

"The paradox of education is precisely this -- that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated." - James A. Baldwin (author)