Marty: The affordable housing myth
Ted Thoeny stepped the podium at the board of supervisors
Widening 156 to Four Lanes is the Wrong Answer
I am amazed to read that there is a discussion about turning
Guest View: Why Not Be Neighborly and “All Hang Together?” (3.0)
Ben Franklin – that long-haired revolutionary on holiday shoppers’ $100 bills – had just signed the treasonous Declaration of Independence from Mad King George. Like Continental Congress President John Hancock, delegates might be scrawling their “John Hancocks” on their own royal death warrants. (And wind up royally – well, regretful.) Ben cheerfully advised, “Now, if we don’t all hang together, we’ll all hang separately!” (No wonder the delegates were always adjourning to Philadelphia’s City Tavern.)
Water Cooler: English classes to read more nonfiction than fiction
Around the Water Cooler panelists answered the following question: Do you agree with changes to national English curriculum standards that call for replacing most fiction reading with nonfiction texts in classrooms?






