Typically my family travels together so this has never arisen for us previously. But this summer I learned everything I needed to know about minors traveling as unaccompanied minors. I wanted to share in case it can help anyone else unfamiliar with this term and what it means in the travel context. Here is theContinue reading “On Unaccompanied Minor Travel”
Category Archives: Research
On How to Find a Lost Pet
Recently we lost our sweet little kitty Farah, who slipped outside while I was taking the trash out. Here are the steps we took, many shared with us by those who have helped to bring lost pets home over the years.
On the Evils of Guardianship
Here we explore the ills of the practice of professional guardianship in the State of Florida. Take a peek and be horrified.
On the Airport
On flight travel today! ✈️
On Daylight Savings
I know I’m not the only one who takes a while to adjust to daylight savings time every single year. Every year the one hour deficit is brutal. This year I began to think more deeply about this. Everyone complains about the time change. No one can reasonably explain how it came about and whatContinue reading “On Daylight Savings”
Revamping the Broken US Education System
Talking with a teacher friend of mine this weekend provided great insight into a clearly broken system. As background, recall that the current US public educational system stems from the efforts of devoted self proclaimed democratists Horace Mann and John Dewey. As Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education, Mann championed the idea of “commonContinue reading “Revamping the Broken US Education System”
A Comparative Analysis of the Law of Two States
This morning I had the luxury of time and picked up two of my neglected periodicals, the Colorado Lawyer and The Florida Bar Journal. Reading through these side by side, which I rarely do, was an instructive experience that highlighted the difference between my two states of bar licensure. One difference between the states is thatContinue reading “A Comparative Analysis of the Law of Two States”
On Scary
Just my two cents on how we seem to view “scary” in relation to Halloween activities…🎃👻💀
Our Kids
Today I was thinking on the issue of so many kids having issues in school, with ADHD, autism, sensory issues, allergies, and every condition in between. In essence, having a student with issues in the school system has basically become the norm. At first I hypothesized in my conspiratorially minded way that the parents, andContinue reading “Our Kids”
Wisdom 💬💎
The South wanted slaves to count as full persons for voting purposes. The North wanted them to count as 3/5. Is this because the North thought less of blacks than the South? No. It is because the North was so against slavery they wanted the practice to end. Counting slaves as full persons would haveContinue reading “Wisdom 💬💎”
Notes From Real Life 