By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  November 30th at 01:42 AM  | 

In the 2002 movie “Signs,” Colleen Hess gave her youngest son Merrill a cryptic, deathbed command to “swing away.”  Only years later, with his own life at risk, did Merrill understand what this meant.  With confidence, Merrill “swung away.”  The challenge was unclear, but it was was large and right in front of him, and Merrill could not and did not miss.  Merrill “swung away” with | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  June 29th at 12:18 AM  | 

Jack Cashill on Facebook: The head of the Kansas National Education Association is encouraging teachers to register as Republicans in the primaries to elect “moderates” in districts where Democrats don’t have a shot. Although one would hope that teachers would transcend lowball politics, what catches the reader’s eye is the failure of the KNEA guy to mention the words “children” or “parents” anywhere in his lengthy email. | Read More »