Attacking Iran & Some Thoughts on Murdering Children
All my pretty ones?Did you say all? O hell-kite! All?What, all my pretty chickens and their damAt one fell swoop? – Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act IV,
March 1, 2026
Rob's Blog
Tell Me It Ain’t So, Noam: Chomsky, Epstein, AWTT & Me
When I was a college student in the late 1960s in Boston, I went to a teach-in at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge to hear
February 23, 2026
Music is Back!
Connie Carter, AWTT Director of Education offers these thoughts. Believe your eyes, believe your eyes, and not the eyes of those who would deceive you
February 22, 2026
The Hairball as President
Recently I can’t shake the image of a cat heaving up a hairball. It’s a head-to-tail, coast-to-coast undertaking, the cat’s whole body rhythmically contracting with
February 16, 2026
Just to Watch him Die
When I was just a baby, my mama told me, “SonAlways be a good boy, don′t ever play with guns”But I shot a man in
January 26, 2026
Sports, Trump and Unruling the Game
Ever since discovering playground kickball in the second grade, I have loved sports. In high school I ran track (a mediocre 400 meters), played football (a
January 20, 2026
Claudette Colvin 1939-2026
“… as a teenager, I kept thinking, Why don’t the adults around here just say something? Say it so that they know we don’t accept
January 14, 2026
Contemplating 2025 and the “d” words
Looking back on 2025, AWTT Education Director Connie Carter calls on all of us to find the inspiration we need to meet the challenges of 2026.
January 1, 2026
When Woke Meets Affordable
I’ve written before about the fierce negativity of the MAGA community toward Wokeness, i.e., their contention that teaching or professing the true history of racism in
December 18, 2025