Confessions of a Progressively Irrelevant Teacher

My mother's table has been sitting in my garage since last July. We moved it here, along with a U-Haul full of stuff, after she went int...

As the "Fight for $15" continues, I hear a lot of scary stories from people in my part of the world. They are afraid of so many...

Truth and Reconciliation I say it's complicated. Others say it's not. It's black and white It's classic good and evil. ...

If you have never worked at an election before, I highly recommend it. There is something almost sacred about it. One person after anoth...

So this guy says "you just don't get it," referring to my position on Alberta's NDP. Apparently I do not understand the ...

Margaret, John and Marion with brother Bobby who died as a child. In 1912 my ancestors on my mom's side of the family came from B...

If… With apologies to Rudyard Kipling If you are happy with cabinet ministers giving themselves 30% pay increase while freezing tea...

I really don't know what possessed me, Mr Risinger.  I don't know what was going through my head.  The last time we spoke I to...

Me and my siblings My dad had some sayings he would toss out every now and again. "Talk's cheap but it takes money to buy whisk...

My daughter's friend Krista recently emailed me for some information about travelling in Cuba. I have been there twice over Christma...

Churchill once said "The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal...

Public schools are messy places. They have to be messy. How else can we take thousands of children from all backgrounds and provide them wit...

"In terms of who is responsible, we all need only look in the mirror."  What do you see when you look in the mirror, Mr. Pre...