It was supposed to be a simple trip. A week visiting my sister and her large family in southwestern Ohio.
I got a good rate on a nice hotel near her house. An ok rate on a mediocre rental car.1 And an early morning non-stop flight.
Rearranging The Deck Chairs
Maryland is planning to completely change the way math is taught in their schools.
Well… “completely” is pretty strong language.
Photo Post – March 2025
My usual March trip had to be postponed to the fall and I didn’t have any major projects to work on, so no big galleries this month. But I still got out regularly looking for some nice images.
Fighting Among Themselves
For most of his decade in office, the governor of Texas has been trying to get a school voucher program passed in the state legislature. Despite having a heavily Republican majority, the bill has never landed on his desk.
Let’s Be Careful Out There
A rather stunning statistic from a recent segment of Planet Money’s The Indicator podcast caught my attention.
The presenter cited a new report from the Federal Trade Commission saying that Americans lost $12.5 billion to fraud last year. “And that’s a 25% increase from the previous year.”