Principles of Principals

See the news lately? Sorry to hear that. I get caught up in the promulgation of enmity, just like you. I hear people say "Down with the evils of capitalism." whilst swilling Starbucks. I hear people say, "The news these days.", while quoting some talking head. Put down the cup - buy local. Put down your phone - look at me. Why do we prop up, and tear down, these false idols? With discernible patterns of lust and hate we vilify and praise our own personal heroes and sheroes. Then when they stop thinking like us, we cancel them, tear them down, or abandon them. I burned a poster of Lance Armstrong once. I still own all of his books. I'm just like you, maybe. Except maybe not. I do not watch the news.  I do not have social media accounts that are active (with the current  exception of LinkedIn). I loathe the need to be first, and politically correct  culture. It's global house gossip, like family members trying to be the first one to call everyone a...

"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." - Voltaire Over and over again, we have learned it is the nature of all people when given a little to power, to exert unrighteous dominion over their fellow humans. To dehumanize and objectify one another, distilling away individualism, and replacing it with a group identity. Mormon. Jew. Black. Racist. Male. Jock. Nerd. In 1966, students identifying themselves as Red Guard (unsolicited protectors of Mao Tse Tung) began beating, torturing, and killing their own teachers and administrators. To be brief in writing, educators across China, grade levels, and subject matter disciplines fell at the hands of children. Middle school students were considered the worst offenders. The total death toll of what historians and documentarians refer to as a Revolution  or Great Leap Forward numbers in the 10's of millions. I looked for numbers on teachers and professors, and I didn't find anything sol...