One thing I have never understood about conservatism in the United States is how the ideology thinks progress is to be made. Today all tenants of conservatism are being bent in extreme directions such that any and every change today is tarred by the claim of wokeness. Why does it matter that a corporation changes its logo? It only matters when you obsess on watching for and fighting against every single change no matter how big or small, good or bad. What a scary world to live in! #

I think we are heading toward a time in which public education in the United States will no longer exist. First, it is already hard enough to get good people willing to be teachers and work in public education, but the right wing populism in the United States makes public education totally unattractive. Further, the last thing populist leaders want is an educated electorate and one of the main grievances of right wing populism is against the "educated elite." Broadly, public education has long strayed away from its original purpose of developing children in to good citizens. The current purposes range from enabling children to be wealthy adults to providing daycare and in almost all ways alleviating parents from the burden of raising their children. #

I am having a hard time wrapping my head around the idea that meteorological fall is practically here. Just last week the temperatures were in the mid to upper 80s but this week the temperatures have only risen to the upper 60s / low 70s. Looking at the air conditioning usage since Monday and I see at most an hour per day where as a week ago it was up to nearly seven hours. It feels just so sudden. #