Dear trustees of Caledonia Community Schools, I have seen some of the replies that board president Tim Morris is sending to some who have written to the board expressing opposition to the masking policy and the “constitutional law firm” proposal. Those replies are useful for clarifying several points. The district’s responsibility to students is toContinue reading “Clarifying the issues in the Caledonia anti-masking and Kallman proposals”
Monthly Archives: March 2025
A social-media post raises ethical questions for the Caledonia school board
This three-minute comment, given in the March 17, 2025, meeting of the Board of Education of Caledonia Community Schools, is a follow-up to “How not to prepare for the next epidemic.” The board chair is Tim Morris, who in the last several years has become a political ally or operative of State Representative Angela Rigas,Continue reading “A social-media post raises ethical questions for the Caledonia school board”
How not to prepare for the next epidemic: an open letter to the Board of Education of Caledonia Community Schools
A letter urging the Board of Education of Caledonia Community Schools not to adopt an unwise and possibly illegal policy and waste our money lawyering up to defend it.
A failure of hospitality is a grave failure (taking a cue from Timothy Snyder)
Timothy Snyder identified failure of hospitality as the first of five failures in the outrageous Trump-Vance reception of Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the White House. This post explores the seriousness of hospitality failure from a biblical, Christian point of view.