Make America GREG Again
the Podcast Episodes
Podcast Episode 001 – Lord of the Flies Invades Little House on the Prairie
Academic education and bullying have been working hand in hand for centuries to educate young people in the western world. Lord of the Flies is a famous book about society and civilization that has been required reading for English or Social Studies for generations. Mankato was the “Big Town” that the Wilders in the Little
Podcast Episode 002 – Fall Football Foments Nearly Flunking Fatal Final
Scroll down to the player and click the white triangle, or read this intro first. Freedom of Choice! My Minnesota hometown made the national news in 1995 for losing one teen to meningitis, in an outbreak that put at least 6 more in the hospital. Maybe you saw Michael Osterholm on TV in the 2020-21
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At the Point of Guns – Upcoming Podcast Episode
At the Point of Guns – My Limited Experience Projected On the American Landscape in 2022 I have bad memories of the YMCA in Clinton, Iowa, so that means I was younger than 10. One was swimming classes. The pool room was so big and noisy and smelly and I hated the feeling of chlorinated
A Strange Scoutmaster Leads a Strange Troop on a Long Strange Canoe Trip – Upcoming Podcast Episode
Above: The LeSeuer River southeast of Mankato in more recent times. A Strange Scoutmaster Leads a Strange Troop on a Long Strange Canoe Trip – Upcoming Podcast Episode We moved to Mankato, a medium-small college town in Southern Minnesota, when I was in the fall of my 5th grade, so I was “the new kid”.
Corporal Punishment is Still Legal in 19 State Public School Systems
Corporal punishment is still legal in 19 states out of 51 (adding DC)! The 19 states are basically the Confederacy (minus Virginia) plus Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky, Colorado, Kansas, Idaho, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and Arizona. Texas law defines permissible corporal punishment as, “…the deliberate infliction of physical pain by hitting, paddling, spanking, slapping, or any other physical
Bullying is a Spectator Sport – What You Can Do
Bullies often enjoy the attention that pushing someone around gives them from bystanders, who may be willing aggressors-by-proxy, or just scared they’ll draw the next short straw, and the attention of the bully. It may not take a seven-nation army to stop the cycle and convince the bully to find another form of entertainment, or
Make America GREG Again – Why and What
Well, first it’s an EXTREMELY clever turn of a phrase made famous by someone else. My sisters lobbied hard for using my Middle name “Gregory” instead of my first name while I was still in the hospital. Six decades later, I finally know why. I go by both, depending. After reserving the domain URL, I