I premiere the first episode of my new, seasonal sub-podcast which I’ve entitled “Sitting, Waiting, Wishing: Advent Reflections” https://anchor.fm/presence/episodes/Sitting–Waiting–Wishing-Advent-Reflections—Christ-the-King-en2lcp Sitting, … More
Author: Rick Kohut
I am a veteran Religion Teacher at a Catholic high school in Ohio. In addition to teaching, I've worked for leading K-12 educational technology publishers managing implementations and selling materials.
Pandemic Day 258 – Best Masks on Sale!
It has been a LONG time since my last post. Why? (you may be wondering) The short answer – teaching … More
Pandemic Photo O’ Day 172
1885 – White miners upset about competition for jobs kill 28 Chinese workers in Rock Springs, Wyoming, causing hundreds to … More
Pandemic Photo O’ Day 171
1884 – Superintendent denies Mamie Tape, a Chinese American child, admission to public school in San Francisco this week saying … More
Pandemic Photo O’ Day 170
1966 – Alabama passes legislation barring school districts from agreeing to desegregate after decision in Brown vs. Board of Education … More
READING! “My Paper.li” and Pandemic Note and Photo O’ Day 168
2005 – Hurricane Katrina devastates the U.S. Gulf Coast; the subsequent disaster response is criticized for mistreating many severely impacted … More
READING! “My Paper.li” and Pandemic Note and Photo O’ Day 167
1955 – Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, white members of the Ku Klux Klan, abduct 14 year old Emmett Till … More
READING! “My Paper.li” for Tuesday and Pandemic Note and Photo O’ Day 165
1874 – Mob of 400 masked men on horseback armed with shotguns kidnaps 16 black men from jail in Gibson … More
READING! “My Paper.li” for Monday and Pandemic Note and Photo O’ Day 164
August 25th – Montgomery, Alabama, home of Robert Graetz, white minister of Trinity Lutheran Church and Montgomery Association board member, … More
Pandemic Note and Photo O’ Day 162
1989 – White mob in Bensonhurst, New York, murders black teenager Yusef Hawkins for visiting a white girl. August 23rd … More
Pandemic Note and Photo O’ Day 161
1905 – White people riot in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after Charles Miller, a black man enters a public restaurant. August 22nd … More
READING! “My Paper.li” for Friday, August 21st
Happy Friday! It’s my last weekday before I return to teaching on Monday with a week of in-service to prepare … More
READING: “My Paper.li” for Thursday, August 20th
As I mentioned yesterday, my schedule is getting busier as the start of teaching approaches and I’m trying to work … More
Pandemic Note and Photo O’ Day 159
1619 – Dutch ships lands in Jamestown, Virginia, carrying the first enslaved people to what would become the United States. … More
READING! “My Paper.li” for Wednesday, August 19th
My schedule is getting busier as the start of teaching approaches and I’m trying to work as many hours with … More
READING! “My Paper.li” for Monday, August 17th
My goodness, it’s been a few days since I’ve posted this feature. As I mentioned previously, I’m enumerating for Census … More
Pandemic – Marble League 2020 Update – Photo O’ Day 152
1955 – Black WWII veteran Lamar Smith is shot and killed in front of the Brookhaven, Mississippi, courthouse for urging … More
Pandemic Photo O’ Day 151 – PLUS: My Experience of Enumerating for Census 2020
2017 – White nationalists protest removal of a Confederate statue in Charlottesville, Virginia; the next day a protester drives a … More
READING! “My Paper.li” for Wednesday, August 12th
As I mentioned in Monday’s “My Paper.li” post, I’m changing how I do this week-daily feature. So here goes today’s… … More
READING! “My Paper.li” for Tuesday, August 11th
As I mentioned in yesterday’s “My Paper.li” post, I’m changing how I do this week-daily feature. So here goes today’s… … More
