Hackman's Musings

Most school districts and states send down a fire hose of professional development. Teachers are drowning in meetings, readings, data tracki...

One of the hard parts of being an older teacher is to not come off as cynical.  This is difficult, because the system is set up to make you ...

Things changed about 25 years ago.  During district meetings, if a teacher brought up how we should be involving the family, district folks ...

Just got done watching Marvel Zombies. Meh. It wasn't bad...  it just wasn't... anything special. It was indicative of what Marvel h...

I am cleaning out my hard drives and I came across a letter I had written to my church leadership back in 2008.  I was a Sunday School teach...

Been thinking a lot about what I have to be thankful for as Thanksgiving approaches. There is this scene in a Dracula mini-series that comes...

Belief is tricky.  I don't think it is as simple as "letting go".  I don't think a believer can make a decision to not bel...

I have been listening to some Vance speeches and catching interviews with the Maga crowds attending the rallies.  Their words and attitudes ...

I didn't vote for McCain or Romney, but I never thought they were bad men. In fact, one can peruse my blog articles from those years and...

I grew up in fundamentalist Christianity which today has morphed into Christian Nationalism.  Vance is trying to reframe his "cat lady...