California Concealing Children’s Gender Identity from Parents, Claims Trump Administration

President Donald Trump’s Department of Education launched an investigation on Thursday into the California Department of Education for allegedly violating the Family Educational Rights Privacy Act and “hiding minors’ ‘gender identity’ from parents.”  In a Thursday press release, the Department of Education stated, “The California Department of Education has allegedly abdicated the responsibilities FERPA imposes…

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Whispers of Trees: Melodies and Stillness

Harpsichord after Andreas Ruckers, Antwerp 1638, built by Adlam Burnett, 1983. Inscribed on the nameboard of an ottavino spinet (a small tabletop, or even laptop, harpsichord) dated 1710 and now in the Russell Collection of musical instruments at the University of Edinburgh, runs the motto: “Dum vixi tacui: mortua dulce cano” (While living I was…

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