School lunches just aren’t what they used to be
To all the parents who have braved the cold, cruel world of making your child’s lunch, I salute you. The truth is, we live in a world where it is no longer tolerable to slap a piece of mystery meat between two slices of white bread, stuff it into a brown paper bag, humiliate your child by putting his name and grade on it and then toss it into the bottom of a backpack where it will grow mutant bacteria and be stepped on by 29 other children before it is finally eaten at recess.
Selling home on your own? Use these tips
Q: How difficult is it to sell my own house, without having to pay commissions?
Others scared of the teacher, not the new teen driver
I started writing this column when my son started kindergarten.
Mas de Mario: War will be won through democratic ideals
On Sept. 10, 2000, my eldest daughter and I stood on the
New technology and parents don’t always mix well
My parents just got new iPads. Now before you wonder why I’m telling you this, let me just say one thing. My parents are no technological wizards – but they aren’t afflicted with a disease I like to call we-think-we’re-technological-whiz-kids-but-really-we-don’t-know-a-thing-about-technology-and-can-barely-use-the-TV-remote.
Opportunities abound for learning about Islam
Historians say there has been a Muslim presence in America since our Colonial days: slaves brought from Africa were privately practicing their religion. But Islam remained basically beneath the public’s notice until the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001.
Grainy-skinned cat may have flea problem
When our cat, Watie, jumps up to get some water from the kitchen
Toxin in local waterways dangerous to pets
We like to let our dog swim when we go to a park or the ocean. A





