First day of school could be a holiday
The last weeks of summer are what I like to call “Christmas for Grown Ups.” Yes, it’s that wonderful time of year when all the kids go back to school. Seriously, it should be a national holiday. It would be awesome. We could have traditions like buying new clothes, new books and pencils and rulers…and countdown calendars to the big day so that parents don’t miss the best day ever.
Uncommon–Core Curriculum
For many years all I did was run. Sometimes I would stretch, a little. Sometimes I would do some yoga, a little. But mostly I just ran. If I wanted to run faster, I ran faster in training. If I wanted to run farther, I ran farther in training—longer long runs, more miles per week. I would read about cross training—do some bicycling, swimming, elliptical. Never did it. Not much anyway. I like to run. I don’t have the time or inclination to go to a pool or a gym or dust off a bicycle.
Supes to hold June 4 special election to replace Shirakawa
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 to hold a special election to replace their colleague George Shirakawa, who resigned last week after he was charged with perjury and other allegations related to his misuse of public funds and failure to file campaign finance disclosure forms.
Primitive echoes in the San Antonio Valley
Last fall, I was a part of a group of volunteers that visited
NFL and referees reach agreement to end lockout
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The NFL's referee nightmare has come to an end. In the wake of unceasing criticism, impatient anger and awfully bad publicity, the NFL and the union that represents it regular game officials came to a new eight-year labor agreement late Wednesday night, a source confirmed to the Record. The agreement was confirmed by both the NFL and NFLRA shortly after midnight when they released a joint statement that read as follows:
Beaten by the ‘phlu’ bug despite shot
I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it any more. I'm also
‘Keeper of the Ivy’ is a Model for Gardeners
I have been writing this column in one of three local papers
Students dive deep into ocean learning
SO MANY OF US, young and younger alike, have read (or at least watched film versions of) Jules Verne’s iconic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Captain Nemo’s underwater adventures are nothing short of legend, steering his Nautilus into the great ocean depths and, to this day, into our imaginations.













