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”
Tag Archives: Covid-19
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.
What to do with suffering
How I make sense of the pain I saw in the hospital last week.
The omicron spike matters
A personal anecdote to persuade you to get vaccinated and follow suggested safety protocols.
How COVID-19 has sorted us out
Thomas Paine wrote: “These are the times that try men’s souls.” The trials of the American Revolution would distinguish the “summer soldier and the sunshine patriot” for the true patriot. Well, any crisis tries the souls of those who live through it. The crisis puts a spotlight on actors who must respond to it, andContinue reading “How COVID-19 has sorted us out”
Getting vaccinated in Grand Rapids
It is encouraging to see what people can do with unity in mission. I am so grateful. I am also uneasy. How will we perpetuate the yes, share the yes?
How to love our atheist (in a sense) neighbors?
Good people can believe outrageously false things. For example, a certain good man was able to believe, earlier this week, that: COVID-19 should in public policy be treated like a flu epidemic. The closings aimed at controlling the pandemic hit small businesses unnecessarily hard because politicians and the media hate small businesses and want themContinue reading “How to love our atheist (in a sense) neighbors?”
Mask politics
Share my opinion? I think wearing a mask in public spaces is a good idea under our current circumstances. Why should expressing my opinion on this question feel political? In the sense of political = partisan/pushy. It shouldn’t, but it does. And why should we think “partisan/pushy” when we hear the word “political”? We areContinue reading “Mask politics”
Verba Sparsa 