The neighbors are beginning to talk

Have you seen this?

Tempers Flare in Textbook Battle

What the hell is wrong with us, for I wonder?

Is there a goddamn thing discussed there I wouldn't teach?

Obviously not. Because it's all true, dagnabbit.

So why the political back and forth?

Because so many of us are crabby little children. Can't just have honest, thoughtful, respectful, discussions about politics. Even when there is zero real debate about anything we're debating.

Oh, and if the state board of education says that I have to teach something, is that the final word on any dang thing I teach?

Obviously not. The point of a liberal education, for anyone who managed to stay awake for it.

My conscience is the final word on everything I teach. Which is exactly as it should be. That's why we get a liberal education. For those who took it seriously.

After a conversation with a friend about perspective and the need for it in the sports and steroids debates, it occurs to me.

That the same is true for all of it.

Every last bit of it.

We are a fucking mess. Humanity. Constantly bickering about every damn thing like somehow our opinions are more infallible than they could ever possibly be. Myself included. Big index finger pointing right in my own direction, right now.

Go watch some baseball, this summer. Stop taking your opinions so seriously, goofball.

I'm talking to myself, there. I do it often. The neighbors are beginning to talk.