After a week in sub-zero weather in the Midwest, I’m back in the desert, Secular Fam. I was grateful to have the ability to drop everything and go back after my dad took a spill in the shower. Things will likely be different for him going forward, but I’m grateful that his Medicare and supplemental insurance will cover his needs for the most part (well, for now…).
I had breakfast with my mom while there though, and she assured me that the new administration is totally not going to dismantle Medicare or Social Security, guyz, so none of us needs to worry. She also explained that absolutely every problem in the world (inflation, insurance premium increases, dwindling social security reserves) is because of immigrants.
This isn’t true, but the broligarchs have the people fighting a culture war when we should be fighting a class war, and my mother, a former United Auto Worker, has fallen for it, hook, line, and sinker.
JEANNE CASTEEN has a bachelor’s degree in human communication and history from the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at ASU and a master’s in education, also from ASU. Jeanne has over 11 years of experience teaching in Maricopa County’s public schools. In 2011, Jeanne completed the Emerge Arizona program and in 2012 became a school board member of the Creighton School District. She served as Board President from 2016 through 2020. In 2020, Ms. Casteen ran for Maricopa County School Superintendent, and came within 12,000 votes of winning. She has been awarded the Arizona School Public Relations Association Award for Excellence in Advocacy and Political Contributions to Education as well as the Arizona School Board Association’s All-Arizona School Board Member Award.
Author: Jeanne Casteen, Secular AZ Executive Director
JEANNE CASTEEN has a bachelor’s degree in human communication and history from the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at ASU and a master’s in education, also from ASU. Jeanne has over 11 years of experience teaching in Maricopa County’s public schools. In 2011, Jeanne completed the Emerge Arizona program and in 2012 became a school board member of the Creighton School District. She served as Board President from 2016 through 2020. In 2020, Ms. Casteen ran for Maricopa County School Superintendent, and came within 12,000 votes of winning. She has been awarded the Arizona School Public Relations Association Award for Excellence in Advocacy and Political Contributions to Education as well as the Arizona School Board Association’s All-Arizona School Board Member Award. View all posts by Jeanne Casteen, Secular AZ Executive Director →
