When we read an article in the Boston Globe sports page about the Boston Red Sox, we frequently see a critique not just of the performers on the field but also of manager Alex Cora, the coaches, team president Craig Breslow, the geeks in “baseball ops,” the minor league staff, and owner John Henry, who…
Month: February 2024
Newton Public Education Faces Right-wing Assaults
Newton public education is the target of a coordinated right-wing extremist assault. The latest is a frivolous attack on Newton Teachers Association but that follows attacks on diversity programs and racist attacks on two superintendents. Wake up, folks. I wrote about Christian Nationalists Attack on Newton Teachers Association just the other day. That post featured…
What the Globe Left Out of “MTA Exerts More Power”
The Boston Globe is messing with my Golden Years and I don’t appreciate it one bit. I really want just want to play some Sudoko and rest up for the blue plate special but then the Globe goes and prints something like MTA exerts more power amid a wave of teacher strikes, generating praise and…
Christian Nationalists Attack Newton Teachers Association
The Boston Globe is reporting Some Newton parents join lawsuit seeking damages for 11-day teachers strike. This has nothing to do with parents. It’s a meritless frolic to attack public education engineered by out of state Christian nationalists. The immediate target is the Newton Teachers Association and if you don’t like them you should still…