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Schools

Judge Rules – No Info For Gladwyne Mom About Trans Teacher’s Lesson Plans

by Gerry November 25, 2022

Smythe Ruling No Left Turn

On November 16, Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Joseph Smythe affirmed Lower Merion School District's denial of a request for records concerning the "lesson plans" of Welsh Valley Middle School teacher Ben Beaman.The request for records was brought by Nicole Smith, an acolyte of Elana Fishbein,  aka Gladwyne Mom, who rose to fame as an early opponent of the teaching of CRT … [Read more...] about Judge Rules – No Info For Gladwyne Mom About Trans Teacher’s Lesson Plans

Uproar Over Welsh Valley Trans Teacher’s Slide Deck

by Gerry November 21, 2022

Fishbein Trans

Elana Fishbein, the world-famous Gladwyne mom who helped make CRT part of the American lexicon  (even though many of our most educated citizens would be challenged to define what CRT is), has branched out into another field of controversy - Transgenderism. Click above to hear Dom Giordano interview with Elana Fishbein.Conservative talk show … [Read more...] about Uproar Over Welsh Valley Trans Teacher’s Slide Deck

11 NFL Players Who Competed In The Lower Merion Radnor Game

by Gerry October 26, 2022

Rae Crowther Kicked Unconcious 1918 Lower Merion Radnor Game

Saville Crowther, Radnor, 1918, 1919 Saville Crowther played in the 1918 Lower Merion Radnor game, which Lower Merion won 14-7. The following year he helped Radnor avenge that loss, as they beat Lower Merion in a  laugher, 50-0. He captained the football teams at Colgate in 1923 and 1924.  In 1925 Crowther played for the Frankford Yellow Jackets, an NFL team. In 1926 … [Read more...] about 11 NFL Players Who Competed In The Lower Merion Radnor Game

Friends Central ‘Science Whiz’ Wins Second Nobel

by Gerry October 7, 2022

Barry Sharpless Nobel Winner Science Whiz

K. Barry Sharpless was just awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for the second time. But more importantly, he graduated from Friends Central School, Wynnewood, in 1959. Perhaps it was premature to say this after Sharpless won his first Nobel Prize in 2001, but now that he's bagged his second, it's safe to say that the kid who described him in the yearbook as . . . … [Read more...] about Friends Central ‘Science Whiz’ Wins Second Nobel

Harriton Chemistry Teacher Is Single Again

by Gerry September 29, 2022

Harrition Chem Teacher

MacKenzie Scott, one of the world's richest people, married former Harriton High School teacher Dan Jewett last year after divorcing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019. https://t.co/bBgsSLkJK3 — Action News on 6abc (@6abc) September 29, 2022 The billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott and her husband, Dan Jewett, a former science teacher, are parting ways. She filed for … [Read more...] about Harriton Chemistry Teacher Is Single Again

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Family Learning To Luge

Want to Try Luge? From Lower Merion, It Starts With a Drive to Lake Placid

I was watching the Luge on NBC over the weekend. I thought it was boring, especially when juxtaposed against the more dramatic events, like curling.  The color commentator kept explaining how each “slider” was doing something slightly better or worse than the others, but to my untrained eye, they all looked the same: feet first, […]

Arts and Entertainment

These Garments Have Been Politically Maligned

Most non-Arabs who wear the keffiyeh do not intend it to be Anti-Semitic in any way. They wear it as an expression of sympathy for Palestinian civilians, support for human rights, concern about war, or identification with a broader cause of national identity and self-determination. In their minds, it is directed toward Palestinians, not against […]

What Does My Fountain Pen Have In Common With The Former Lord & Taylor In Bala Cynwyd?

Both come out of the work of Raymond Loewy and his design firm. Raymond Loewy (1893–1986) helped define what modern America looked like in the mid-20th century. Through his design firm, he worked across an unusually wide range of industries—transportation, consumer products, branding, and architecture—often simultaneously. No one in history is more closely associated with […]

January 16-18: The Philly Pen Show — A Delightfully Analog Experience

f you’re looking for a break from screens, alerts, and endless scrolling, the Philly Pen Show might be the cure—at least temporarily. It’s an unapologetically analog event: pens, paper, ink, and the people who still care deeply about them. Whether you’re a serious collector, someone who misses the feel of writing by hand, or just […]

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