by Carol A. Josel | Aug 9, 2023 | Articles, In The News, Making News
As you well know, August 1st came and went, taking with it every last incandescent lightbulb on store shelves. Banned after 16 years on the chopping block, all you can do now is use any still on hand or toss them out. It’s now LED bulbs’ time to shine, and they...
by Carol A. Josel | Jun 24, 2023 | Commentary, Making News, Quotable Quotes
Am kinda done with the news nowadays–most of it bad and/or negative, opinionated, and all-too-often politically bent. Intentionally or not, divisive, as well. On the other hand, seldom seen are articles that highlight and promote personal accountability,...
by Carol A. Josel | Apr 23, 2023 | Articles, College/university costs 2023, Credit card debt highest in history, In The News, Ongoing Covid-related2023 government spending, Wasted education tech spending
A recent Education Week headline read, “Schools Are Heading into a Perfect Storm.” The reason: Their federal COVID-19 relief funds will start expiring this coming autumn—and must be all spent one year later. The result: lost jobs, fewer special programs such as...
by Carol A. Josel | Jan 6, 2023 | Articles, Commentary, It’s a Fact, Making News, Parenting
Though I rely on it every day, am not a big tech fan. Not anymore. Sure, I love keeping up with faraway friends. And no more card catalogs and endless book shelf searches, but I still miss the library itself, its quiet, studious air… Just don’t really need it...
by Carol A. Josel | Aug 26, 2022 | Articles, Making Education News, Making News
In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3, Polonius, the king’s chief minister, tells his son, Laertes, who will be leaving for the University of Paris, “Neither a borrower not a lender be, for a loan oft loses both itself and friend…” Still good advice, but is...
by Carol A. Josel | May 25, 2022 | Articles, Commentary, Making News, Quotable Quotes
Back in post-Civil War 1868, Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic General John A. Logan declared May 30th a Memorial Day “for the purpose of strewing flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during...
