Hackman's Musings

  “ When we adults think of children, there is a simple truth which we ignore: childhood is not a preparation for life. Childhood IS life. A...

I am in season 5 of True Blood... and I am starting to mourn that it will end in two more seasons. I wrote earlier a few weeks ago on Facebo...

I was reading a thread about folks being upset with Cracker Barrel for offering Impossible Meat on their menu.  One comment was essentially,...

A Facebook group I am in is arguing over religious freedoms presently.  Someone had posted a Christian prayer.  Some folks said it was off-t...

This is the kind of stuff one regularly gets in a Conservative Christian bible study or Sunday school.  These ideas are routinely preached. ...

Abraham Piper addresses why, " Do you believe in God ?" isn't a great question. A popular god here in the States is Jesus.  Wh...

A couple years back, a friend of mine was pleased to hear that they read the Constitution on the floor of Congress. This friend waves and we...

I have been trying to figure out how they got the 1.2 That is the thing about math mistakes.  They usually aren't random.  There is a lo...

A little thought about high stakes testing... especially for little kids - I teach 2nd grade.  We are wrapping up state testing right now.  ...

I really had to work at reading someone's comment on Facebook recently.  There was no punctuation or paragraphs.  No sentence structure....