Without literacy, and school systems formulated to achieve it, the problems that plague our society—crime, violence, mental health issues, poverty, and homelessness to name a few—will only worsen.

The night the twins were born I remember I couldn’t sleep. Don’t know if it was because of the recliner in the hospital room that really didn’t allow me to recline or the hangover of excitement from watching the doctor pull two–TWO–scrawny little angels out of that tiny space.?

With no free press to advocate for truth, there are no free people.

A Not-So-Fantastical Fable for Our Terribly Troubled Times