Category: Personal Blog

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • Using Graphic Novels to Explore Social and Historical Issues: Spring Semester in Review

    As spring semester began, I continued my commitment to using graphic novels and comic books as powerful teaching tools for exploring critical social and historical issues with my high school students. Building on the successful foundation from fall semester’s monthly thematic posters, I expanded the approach to include inspirational quotes, deeper historical analysis, and broader…

  • Movie Review: Stranger Things Final Season

    The End of Stranger Things: A Decade-Long Journey Concludes I finished Stranger Things Season 5 not because I desperately wanted to see what happened next, but because I’d invested too much time not to see it through. That realization, more than anything else about the final season, tells you everything you need to know about…

  • Merry Christmas

    Hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas.

  • A Year in Books: 2024-2025 Reading List

    This year marked a transformative period in my reading life, with audiobooks becoming my primary mode of historical engagement while physical and digital formats served different purposes. Below is a complete accounting of my reading organized by format, along with recommendations for educators and history enthusiasts who might benefit from these works. Part One: Historic…