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Mark W. Bradley: The Declaration of Dependence
Monday, 27 February 2006, 10:21 am | Mark Bradley
When, in the course of Divinely Ordered Events, it becomes expedient for a distracted and terrified people to renounce the political independence which has long plagued and bedeviled them, and to assume among the powerless, the complacent, and the meek ... More >>
Holy Messiah Speaks To His Congressional Fan Club
Wednesday, 1 June 2005, 2:47 pm | Mark Bradley
Author's note: I cannot attest to the absolute accuracy of the following transcripts, as the print was smudged with perspiration by the time I received them. It seems my confidential source, a congressional page, had to smuggle them out of the House ... More >>
Fristian Fables: The Ant & Grasshopper Revisited
Friday, 1 April 2005, 2:52 pm | Mark Bradley
One afternoon in late autumn, a grasshopper sat in the shade of a crabapple tree, stuffing his face with cracked wheat and watching in amusement as a tiny ant labored diligently to transport a sizable stash of grain, one kernel at a time, past the ... More >>
Throwing Junkballs to the Snake Oil Salesman
Friday, 18 March 2005, 4:26 pm | Mark Bradley
If Dick Cheney is the sour face of the Republican Party (let's face it, the guy looks like he starts each day with a self-mortifying smoothie made from antique clock springs, carbolic acid and Zoo Doo), and George Bush is its blank stare (a cerebral garage ... More >>
Mark W. Bradley: You Be The President!
Thursday, 10 March 2005, 10:51 am | Mark Bradley
Say, kids, how many times has this happened to you? It's noon on a Tuesday, and you're sitting at home playing ''Grand Theft Auto'' on your PlayStation 2. You're More >>
Teaching Science In The Anti-Empirical Empire
Monday, 28 February 2005, 7:12 pm | Mark Bradley
Mark Bradley writes: I’ve often heard it said that “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks,” but I, for one, find this platitude insulting and offensive. Not only is it ageist and speciesist, it’s nothing but a load of old hogwash. Quadrupedal senior ... More >>
Defending Free Speech By Screaming Your Head Off
Monday, 21 February 2005, 6:24 pm | Mark Bradley
During the past four years, that portion of the American public not suffering from self-induced voluntary lobotomies has witnessed one of the most macabre displays of Machiavellian mendacity ever foisted off on a nominally civilized nation. More >>
Teaching The Constitution In A Post-Democratic USA
Monday, 31 January 2005, 11:24 am | Mark Bradley
Like countless thousands of history teachers in public schools across the length and breadth of this great land, I've made a career out of touting the genius of the United States Constitution, particularly its uncanny ability to strike a delicate, ... More >>
Adventures in American Theocracy (1) - The Pequot
Thursday, 30 December 2004, 10:49 am | Mark Bradley
As a California public school teacher, I have witnessed, over the past decade, a gradual evolution in the content standards that govern the teaching of social studies in our state's middle schools. More >>