Category Archives: In the News

Repeating the “Call for a Conversation”

Posted on July 11, 2020 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

At some point in the course of every news cycle these days, it seems as though someone is demanding that we “have a conversation” about one of the many problem issues plaguing our nation these days. As we watch the … Continue reading →

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Out of Strength, Made Weak

Posted on June 13, 2020 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

Strength is universally appealing. In my mid-teens, a magazine filled with pictures of muscular guys posing on beaches surrounded by beautiful girls caught my attention and led to one of my first major purchases, a set of barbells. I committed … Continue reading →

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Weaponizing the Dictionary

Posted on June 6, 2020 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

Introduction: A Word about the Context ~ As you read this, the Gallagher compound is officially (well, almost) on the road to our new home in Tennessee. The article that follows is a slightly edited piece that we published a couple … Continue reading →

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A Legal System Worth Celebrating

Posted on May 30, 2020 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

Just when it looked like we would never see another newscast that didn’t focus on some aspect of the Coronavirus pandemic, the death of a man while in police custody has, at least temporarily, taken over. As a video of … Continue reading →

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Another Look at Kindness ~ A Virtue Worth Reviving

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

Some time ago I wrote about an event that I found intriguing. It was a simple matter of my wife going out of her way on a busy day to turn aside and offer help to a woman sitting in … Continue reading →

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Wanted ~ A Vaccine for the Next Plague

Posted on April 25, 2020 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

As our “todays” continue to drag into familiar repetitions of the “yesterdays” that preceded them, multitudes across the land and around the world struggle to find reasons for optimism and hope. Recent attempts to insert a positive note with talk … Continue reading →

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