Personal Reflections of a Middle-Aged Man

Thoughts and Opinions as I Grow Older

Category: Frank-ly Politics

  • Education is Political

    It is interesting how many educators don’t make the connection of what we do to the politics of the day. This week I attended the ESEA conference. The main focus…


  • The Fox is in the Hen House

    We’ve all heard this term before. It feels lately like this is what has happened to our government and institutions. Trump leaves office with classified and highly classified documents. The…


  • What’s Up with Kamala Harris?

    Talk is intensifying about the 2024 Presidential Race. Will it be Biden v Trump? Biden v DeSantis? Harris v Trump or DeSantis? Biden v someone? Of even two as yet…


  • Election 2022 Is in the Bag

    What a week!! The election happened on Tuesday with historic turnouts, election denier losses, and steps towards a more stable democracy across the nation. As the pundits are saying, to…



  • 10 Days

    Ten days! Ten days until November 8. Ten days until we see if we are to remain a democracy. Ten days until we see if our voting age people are…


  • Men Need to Listen

    In case you didn’t know, there is an election in just over two weeks. There are a lot of things on the ballot. Inflation, Democracy, Social Security, Equality, and Roe.…



  • Where Are the Ads? (Repost from 8/6/2022)

    I have rarely done a repost of a older post. But, with the election now less than a month away, I thought it was more relevant now than in August.…


  • The Funds Exist

    Friday, during a short walk downtown, I got to see a few new things, and one really sad thing. There are a few new restaurants open or opening, and lots…


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These are the inner wonderings and thoughts of a middle-aged man who happens to be a father, husband, grandfather, friend, brother, son, and thinker.