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Oh, gimme a break. Bored? So, a beautiful, smart, healthy 13-year-old girl can’t think of anything better to do than send 14,500+ texts in one month? According to this article in the New York Post, that amounts to one text Read more

That’s what my parents used to say. Huh. And that’s what I tell my kids, too. So, I suppose I shouldn’t pick on the US Army to use video games to recruit new soldiers. Because, really, I haven’t any better Read more

Round Two. Red Arrows vs. Iraqis. The process for deployment of the Wisconsin Army National Guard 32nd Brigade (Red Arrow Division) begins today. The soldiers – more than 3500 of them, the biggest in the division’s history – reported early Read more

At least the Detroit public schools, have gotten their heads out of the clouds. They’re not worried about providing cappuccino to their staff and students like the Chicago Public Schools. Rather, they’d just like the tikes to be able to Read more

Here we go again. Another case of Internet – specifically MySpace this time – disassociating fantasy and reality in the minds of our children. Not only children, but also adults. Click on the title and read it for yourself. A Read more

And folks wonder why parents choose to home school? This morning I caught a piece in the Chicago SunTimes about the Chicago Public School System paying $67,000 for cappuccino machines in 2008 – most of which went unused anyway. The Read more

“Oh, man. Check that out,” I sighed. “Wow, that’s really nice,” Mark admired. “Hey, it’s on sale. Let’s get it.” I picked up the beautiful angel figure and turned it around in my hands. I ran my finger over its Read more