Our AP Psych text on PBS News Hour tonight...in a segment on books banned in Department of Defense schools...for our coverage of gender and sexuality (coverage that honors the College Board AP course guidelines).

James Maas has died, at 86. Jim taught more than 65,000 intro psych students at Cornell, in an 1800-seat hall. He also wrote/spoke widely on sleep. Each November, for some 15 years, I flew to Ithaca to speak to his class and spend time with Jim and his students. He was a great encourager and friend.

For more than 40 years I've lived one block from my city's (Holland, MI) gathering place for assorted small protest gatherings. Today's HandsOff assemblage is multiplies anything previously seen, with streets parked up for blocks around and passing cars tooting their support.

Today is the 83rd anniversary of the last use of the Alien Enemies Act, as the WWII exclusion of Japanese Americans began on my home island. For two social psychological lessons from this history, which are applicable to today's happenings, see community.macmillanlearning.com/t5/talk-psyc...