| • | IS HILLARY THE POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK?
The long-running 2008 presidential campaign just keeps showing up in my house. It seems to have taken up a permanent residence. Thanks to my Brandi b ...
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| • | A MOTHER'S DAY REMINDER: DON'T FORGET THE HUMOR
Back in the day when I was doing stand-up comedy, a significant part of my routine was my Mother’s Day special.The concept of once a year good treatment for us, when we toil 24/7 all the other d ...
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| • | RAMON CORTINES: A SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT WORKING FOR PARENTS
LAUSD Superintendent, Brewer, has hired former Pasadena Superintendent and local resident, Ramon Cortines, as his number two man.Brewer has come under criticism for not, as yet, putting his dist ...
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| • | RECESSION?
I suspect I’m not the only head of household who has noted the controversy going on that could be headlined, “Recession or What?”The big boys, maybe some girls too, apparently have s ...
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| • | CALIFORNIA HOMESCHOOLING TAKING A HIT
Some happenings in our society are just too stupid to comment on. But, then again, there just may be some folk who fail to see the stupidity in the social action or there, also, may be some peop ...
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| • | WHAT DO PARENTS KNOW, ANYWAY?
Parents with an ear and an eye trained on the mental health, academic success and general well being of their children are frequently labeled as both troublesome, meddlesome and, equally as uncomplime ...
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| • | HISTORY REPEATS
Among those listed on the tattered and torn copy of a slave sale document that hangs on my wall, (for a good price) are families - husbands, wives and their children. The conditions for sale indicate ...
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| • | YEAR OF THE RAT
Let’s give our family members the opportunity to expand their cultural horizons by helping them to learn about and to appreciate our Chinese American neighbors.At the top of our cultural awarene ...
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| • | "OH, NO THEY DIDN'T"
My kid will be with me at my polling place on Super Tuesday. Why? She’s got a job to do just like I do. What’s that supposed to mean when she’s o ...
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| • | WHERE'S THE BRIDGE OVER OUR TROUBLED WATERS?
Stop for a few moments, well, okay we probably need more than moments which, actually, is no more than on overused figure of speech, anyway. Since I want this to be an honest look at the behavio ...
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| • | WHAT COLORADO SPRINGS HAS TO SAY ABOUT HOLMES MIDDLE SCHOOL
Here’s how the story I broke on the Blog earlier this week played out yesterday in Colorado SpringsReprinted from Colorado Springs GazetteFriday, January 18,2007School segregationHow King ...
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| • | NON-BLACK STUDENTS LEFT OUT OF DR. KING CELEBRATION
In celebrating the birthday of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. administrators at a middle schools have seriously misunderstood this great Nobel Peace Prize winner’s dream that one day children would ...
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