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From My Blog

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  • A Vision Arrived Too Late: Reading James Canton’s Future Smart in 2025

    A Vision Arrived Too Late: Reading James Canton’s Future Smart in 2025

    Book: Future Smart: Managing the Game-Changing Trends That Will Transform Your World by James Canton Publisher: Da Capo Press (2015) Audience: High School (Advanced) to College Level Recommended for: AP Human Geography, Economics, English Language Arts, Technology and Society electives Rating 3.75 of 5 Stars Why This Book Matters (and Why Timing Matters More) There…

  • USHMM Aquires Cap Amer No. 1 and 46

    USHMM Aquires Cap Amer No. 1 and 46

    Capt America and Bucky are coming to the USHMM to showcase Simon’s and Kirby’s work

  • The Hollowed School: What Is Happening to Public Education in Kentucky and Why It Matters

    The Hollowed School: What Is Happening to Public Education in Kentucky and Why It Matters

    Kentucky’s public schools are being squeezed from four directions at once. The numbers from Frankfort, JCPS, and FCPS tell a story every educator needs to read.

  • Roots, Renewal, and Resilience: March 2026

    Roots, Renewal, and Resilience: March 2026

    The content honors Women’s History Month, highlighting influential women, significant historical events in March, and notable birthdays, underscoring their impact on society and culture.

  • The Pentagon’s AI Ultimatum: What It Means for Privacy

    The Pentagon’s AI Ultimatum: What It Means for Privacy

    HYDRA Has a Server Farm: AI, the Pentagon, and What We Should All Be Watching There is a scene near the end of Captain America: The Winter Soldier where Steve Rogers stands in front of S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters and tells a room full of agents that the organization they have served has been secretly building a…

  • War, More War, and War Without End

    War, More War, and War Without End

    This month marks the 4 year anniversary of the Russia invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the 16 year anniversary of the Russian annexation of Crimea and the Donbas Region. It made me think of when I read John Hersey’s book Hiroshima in 2009 as part of my Masters graduate studies and I wanted to…

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