Category: Personal Blog

  • Dan Jones’ Power and Thrones: Rediscovering the Middle Ages

    Book Review: Power and Thrones by Dan Jones Book Reviewed: Power and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages Author: Dan Jones Genre: Medieval History / Popular History Reading Level: Grade 10 to Adult Recommended for: World History, European History, AP World History, History Methods Overview ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5) I will be honest with you:…

  • The Price of War We Refuse to Pay for Ourselves

    The article questions why significant funds are consistently allocated for military endeavors, such as the ongoing Operation Epic Fury, while essential domestic programs like healthcare, homelessness assistance, and education remain underfunded. It argues that the financial capability exists for these social programs but is a matter of political choice rather than fiscal inability.

  • 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…

  • 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…