A couple of months ago, I wrote a post that honored the American moon landing and wondered if 1969 marked the year of peak competency for America. Here are the two pertinent paragraphs from that post that contrast 1969 America with 2019 America: Something happened to America. Instead of the eagle landing, the dodo has …
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Check out this awesome article pushing privilege envy syndrome I came across this week. According to the author of this article, there’s no way students of color in Waterbury, Connecticut can do well in school because the schools they go to are mostly majority black and such schools spend $4,000 less per pupil than neighboring …
Anyone familiar with this blog knows that I detest the Progressive definition of privilege. In a post that dare not speak its name, I challenged the notion that privilege equates to any unearned advantage a person comes to possess. To me, privilege is when someone lawfully gets preferential treatment at the expense of someone else’s …
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During my first stab at higher education, I was a prop. I wasn’t at Buffalo University (UB) to enrich my own well-being, I was there to enrich the well-being of others—namely, administrators, tenured professors, and coaches. Sadly, I wasn’t the only prop at UB. Most of my fellow students were props as well. We partied, …
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Warning: If you have a delicate constitution, you will likely be offended by what follows. I offer no apologies. It is MY manifesto, after all. If you disagree, I look forward to reading YOUR manifesto, and I will respectfully listen to YOUR views. I’m simply asking that you respectfully listen to mine. This is America—the …