Sometimes—though I will admit it’s rare—serious policy discussions can turn into comedy gold. In my recent op-ed, I discussed the capture of social-emotional learning (SEL) by DEI as I experienced it while in the Stanford Teacher Education Program, where I received my Master’s in Education. Apparently, my critique didn’t go over well with one of...
One day, as part of my student-teaching at Stanford, I was explaining a math lesson to a fourth-grade classroom, when a boy became disruptive. I repeated my directions to him, but then he got up from his seat and tried to bite me. Shaken up about this, I decided to bring this to my supervisor’s...
Live by the sword, die by the sword. Just ask Joe Biden, whose executive orders have quickly gone the way of all flesh during the first three weeks of Donald Trump’s second term. An executive order is, by its nature, a temporary fix. This is particularly true of Trump’s recent executive order to keep men out of...
In 2020, $100 was enough to cover a couple’s ideal Valentine’s Day complete with roses, chocolates, and a romantic dinner. But in 2025, that same $100 doesn’t buy quite as much. In fact, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found that $100 in January 2020 has the same purchasing power as $122.34 in December 2024,...