Overall we come away from last night’s debate with a clear picture of these three people: Mr. Sanders is the outsider; Mrs. Clinton the insider, and Mr. O’Malley the odd man out.
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Dr. King’s Dream – To Honor Him Americans Must Unite to Make It So
The truth is that the "I Have a Dream" speech is a living thing, one that is as pertinent in 2016 as it was in 1963.
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Goodbye, Ted Cruz, we hardly knew you, and on behalf of all New Yorkers, we want to keep it that way.
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Madness some will say, but for others it’s the stuff of champagne wishes and caviar dreams.
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I worry that Malheur, after occupation by an armed militia group, will no longer be a protected place where coyote choirs color the night with magical music and millions of birds rest, feed, mate, and raise babies to fly high in the future.
Read More »A Holiday Gift for Hungry Children
What a holiday gift to the world's children it would be to give them school meals for the year.
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A completely subjective list of favorite toys left by Santa this year.
Read More »Feeling the Christmas Card Blues
Feeling sorrow about the long lost practice of sending and receiving Christmas cards that, no matter what the distance, seemed to bring people closer together.
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Depending on the number of house guests you are expecting this holiday season, making sure that everyone has breakfast, lunch, and dinner for a few days can be really overwhelming.
Read More »Common Core Wars: Parents and Teachers Force Awakening
This is a tremendous victory for the parents and teachers of the state who became “the force” for good against the dark side of standardized testing and Common Core.
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