The Village Skeptic Blog
Parents Are In Charge of Education In New Hampshire
This article was featured as an opinion editorial in the NH Union Leader. A recent Washington Post editorial headline read, “Parents claim they have the right to shape their kids’…
Manchester’s Halloween Movie Franchise
This post was featured as an opinion editorial in the Union Leader on Oct-5-2021. In the Halloween movie franchise, the antagonist, Michael Myers, is “killed” no fewer than 128 times…
Manchester Tax Revaluation Calculator
The 2021 property revaluation in Manchester has dramatically altered the tax burden. This calculator will help Manchester residents estimate the impact on their tax bills. Instructions Go to the Vision…
The Social Media Exodus Is a Bad Strategy
Big Tech censorship is real, it’s over the top, it’s unfair, and it’s unhealthy for the country. Conservatives, frustrated over censorship of their viewpoints, are attempting to organize a mass “exodus” from Facebook and Twitter to MeWe and Parler. While I’m sympathetic to this reaction, I have a problem with the strategy. It’s going to backfire.
MAKE SKEPTICISM GREAT AGAIN™
Faith is killing us. I don’t mean faith in God. I mean faith in demigods. For the purposes of this article, it doesn’t matter whether you believe in God or…
What If This Distance Learning Experiment Works?
This article was featured 3/16/2020 in the Union Leader’s opinion editorial section. In response to the recent COVID-19 threat, the NH Department of Education and Manchester School District are implementing…
Education Through the Golden Age Filter
I’m working on an article and accompanying video that asks the question, “Why isn’t public education getting cheaper?” The origin of the question comes from the observation that the digital…
How to Fix Public Education In Three Steps
This week, I had the pleasure of guest-hosting the Girard at Large television show with Ian Underwood. Ian is an education advocate who has a unique and persuasive take on…
Is Patreon the Beginning of the End of the Social Media Thought Police?
If you care about free speech and intellectual diversity but have not been following the Patreon controversy, you may want to start paying attention to it. This could be a…