MICHAEL V. MACIJESKI

Nearly everyone agrees that freedom is essential. But what exactly is it? How do we promote it? Yale professor Timothy Snyder has thought...

Long ago, we Americans threw off the oppressive yoke of monarchy and inequality--“All men are created equal.” Or did we? Built into our...

Doing some spring cleaning this week, I came across some old photos from early in my high school teaching days. The first few years I...

Let me say right off that I probably don't qualify as a "bittersweet" person, as author Susan Cain describes them. I've never liked...

Usually I'm inspired by the Olympics--including the opening ceremony and its parade of nations. Young people from all over the world...

The last few years have been quite a ride, no lie. The pandemic refuses to die. Divisions of all sorts plague our world. Our planet...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-real-meaning-of-freedom-at-work-11633704877?reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink Much has been written and...

We all have conflict. For some, it's life-threatening--literally. For most, it's life-threatening in a different way: what Ripley calls...

Friday the high school teacher I was subbing for said we could start class with deep breathing and a sharing circle if the students...

Michael Macijeski rated a book Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal by George Packer Read My rating: 5 of 5 stars Just finished...

The Olympics end this weekend. I’ve really enjoyed them. There’s something so pure, so beautiful, about young people from all over the...

The class of 2021 has graduated. Folks are planning or heading for vacation. Here in Vermont, most nights are no longer cold. Summer has...

When I was a kid, I couldn't wait till Christmas. Fantasies of Santa and Christmas morning Danced in my head for weeks before the big day...

Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality by Frank Wilczek My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was one of the most challenging books I've ever read....

As I share in this video, I love "looking under the rocks"--discovering a new person who was part of history's story, or a new angle that...