After reading this beautiful piece of work by Dennis Kucinich on why he voted ‘no’ to the House Bill on Health Care Reform, I went

Much of the last 5-6 years of my New York Yankee fandom has been spent on defending the Yankees’ decision for trading for, and eventually

This morning, I had a strange choice to make. Ever since the Yankees made the playoffs, I made a quasi-promise to myself that, should the

Imagine having to sit through an entire baseball game with announcers whose unseemly hate for your favorite team is too obvious after every inning, after

I’m living in a weird spot right now. I’m a die-hard Yankees fan who has a hard time supporting the construction of a stadium that,

Last week, I had a bad experience with the only class I have to teach this year. It wasn’t a major deal, but on the

I knew the first quarter of the academic school year would try my every fiber. Presently, I’m juggling between math teacher / coach for my

Quick: name the last 5 (MLB) World Series MVPs (Cole Hamels, Mike Lowell, David Eckstein, Jermaine Dye, Manny Ramirez). Those of you searching on Wikipedia

A few months ago, I had the opportunity of meeting Kilian Betlach, writer, former teacher, and present administrator. As most of you have seen on

A few notes: Jose, who’s on the brink of things bigger than himself …

There’s a theme I have to keep going back to when I write in this blog, and it’s the idea that those who don’t see

One day, a group of educators, including myself, was having a conversation about veterans of the NYC public school system when one of my colleagues

Last night, I and the gentlemen from MiBodegaOnline.com went to El Museo Del Barrio, a museum dedicated to the Latino experience here and everywhere, located

Dear President Obama, First, I must congratulate you on becoming the first sitting US President in 90 years to win the Nobel Peace Prize, adding

Sometime last year, a young weary teacher walked through a still leaf-laden path along the projects in his neighborhood. Exhausted after a long day and

Confession: I almost quit Twitter. It’s not a big deal in the grand scheme of things since the Internet is teeming with social media networks,

Today, I found myself in the middle of a pop quiz, and it wasn’t even in my class. As the math coach, I expect certain

Last week, at least officially, a great man and teacher retired from the NYC public school systems. I think about him, and the others who’ve

On Saturday night, yours truly had the opportunity to see County of Kings, a one-man show by Lemon Andersen, in which he tells a semi-autobiographical

Here’s my best attempt at putting a positive spin on a topic that’s probably irked anyone who’s had to help facilitate the growth of fellow