I moved again last week. It was my fourth move in the past six months during a transitional time in my life. But I think that this is the right move for me at this moment. Yes, I am with my girlfriend and residing in a cozy neighborhood, but there is more. I think that with each relocation, I am progressing in finding a more tolerant society. I am moving along to a better and richer life, full of diverse choices.
The so-called "intellectually superior" liberals of our nation seemingly have very little common sense. They seem dumbfounded and offended when former Democrats like me tell them that they are now the party of the rich; they are the racial dividers; that the NAACP and organizations of its ilk are inherently racist and that most so-called "peace" organizations are malevolent and traitorous.
"We are losing an entire generation of kids."
An acquaintance of mine begrudgingly stated this to me at a dinner in upscale Mill Valley, California, last weekend. She continued then to explain how her daughter, a high school student at an elite, liberal-dominated private school in San Francisco, is being careful to avoid the usual indoctrination often seen by radical teachers in all too many schools in 2006.
Ari Kaufman was a Los Angeles public schoolteacher for three years and is now a freelance journalist residing on the east coast. His work has been published in Front Page Magazine, the Baltimore Sun, Los Angeles Daily News, Orange County Register as well as internet sites such as The New Media Journal, The American Thinker, Opinion Editorials, Sports Column, the American Daily and Hackwriters Travel Magazine. He and his former colleague and current writing partner, Aaron Hanscom, are authors of a forthcoming book detailing their teaching experiences and educational recommendations. Ari has also been interviewed on WBAL-AM Baltimore with respect to his writings on education.
