Table of Contents
Preface ix
1 The Early Years 1
School "Daze" 1
School Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance 5
The Story of Little Black Sambo 6
"Jethro Bodine" School of Promotion-Retention 7
Duck and Cover: The Russians are Coming 9
Polio Pandemic 11
Captain of the Rifle Team 13
"Old Math" vs. "New Math" 14
Vietnam War 16
2 College Years 23
Broken Vows 23
Undercover Bob 24
Hong Kong Flu vs. Covid-19 35
3 A New Beginning 39
The Death of Little Black Sambo 39
How Schools Manipulate Student Records 40
Old School vs. New School 42
Taxpayers are Robbed 44
Love at First Sight 45
To Be or Not To Be: Career Assessment 50
The Baby Jesus Under Attack 52
Mary Jane and Her Cousin Cocaine 54
4 Suffer Little Children 59
Small School Building, Small Problems; Big School Building, Big Problems 59
The Big Cover-Up or it's Snowing in the Classroom 60
Polluted Drinking Water or Water So Toxic That Nemo and Dory Would Not Survive 65
Sins of the Church - Bad Clergy Men 67
The Sinners 67
The Enablers 69
A Good Idea Gone Bad - Shut Down This Building 71
Retaliation and Racism: Enter "The Hatchet Man" and "Attila the Nun" 72
Big Brother 75
University Bound 79
5 Attempts to Fix Our Schools 81
"Just Say No to Drugs" 81
Saying No to Drugs is Easier Said Than Done 83
Legalization of Marijuana 90
Recertification of Teachers 91
No Child Left Behind 102
Assault on Standardized Testing 103
6 Where has Civics instruction Gone? 107
Diary of Anne Frank 108
Jewish Holocaust 112
Censorship 114
Civics Instruction vs. Holocaust Studies 115
Other Victims of Atrocities 117
Black History 120
Say Our Name 121
What Dat? 122
LGBTQ 123
Old Glory vs. LGBTQ Banner 131
Anti-Bullying Rules 132
Demise of Civics Instruction 133
7 Cancel Culture 135
War on American Values 135
National Symbols of the United States 138
The Flag and The Star-Spangled Banner 143
1776 or 1619 153
Thanksgiving Day 159
Andy Jackson or Auntie 162
Mount Rushmore 163
Juneteenth 164
Teddy Roosevelt 165
Christopher Columbus 168
Freemasons and American Values 175
It's Time to Cancel "Cancel Culture" 179
8 Critical Race Theory 183
White Devils 183
African Chiefs Enabled the Slave Trade 189
Critical Race Theory Invades the Military 191
Radicals at the Federal Reserve Banks 193
Debt Forgiveness for Black Farmers and Ranchers 199
"40 Acres and a Mule" in the 21st Century 200
Department of Defense vs. State Department 206
Special Instructions for White People 208
Juneteenth or "Jubilee Day" 209
Destruction of America's Pastime 214
From Little Black Sambo to Black Lives Matter 217
Opposition to Critical Race Theory 232
Just Say "No!" 236
9 Black Criminals White Victims 239
Figures Don't Lie But Liars Figure 239
The "Combat Zone" 241
Mayhem in the Graveyard 245
Nursing Home Tragedy 246
Five-Year-Old Shot Dead 248
Four-Year-Old Boy Abducted and Murdered 249
Death at Dunkin' Donuts 251
Macy's Beat Down 253
Hail Caesar 254
Whitey in the Crosshairs 255
Granny Woke 256
Restaurant Face-Off 260
High on Mushrooms, Short on Brains 263
Reeducation of White Women 264
Better to be Judged by Twelve Than Carried by Six 267
How the Failure to Call 911 Led to a Young Woman's Death 275
The Sad Case of George Floyd 277
10 At a Crossroads: The Future of Education 289
