Radio talk show topics can be peculiar things. I can bring up five stories at the beginning of a given day’s show, and one of them can catch enough instant fire that the others fall by the wayside. And it’s not always a dominant news story that grabs such attention.
Such was the case this week amid broad attention to stories ranging from the Trump Cabinet meeting to worrisome measles cases to anticipation surrounding the Epstein files. Having touched on all three, I dipped into my list of items that caught the corner of my eye and mentioned that in Denton County, the Ponder ISD has joined the Texas districts opting for a four-day week . I wondered aloud who might like that and who might not, and a wave of calls rolled in with answers.
For the rest of the show, Trump could have annexed Cuba and I’m not sure the reactions would have reached me. Teachers weighed in; parents commented ; folks whose kids were grown assessed what such a move says about society and where we are all headed…