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  • Am I My Brother’s Keeper?

    [youtube.com/watch?v=u_8EHR8Kklg] Launched the day after the two-year anniversary of the slaying of a hoodie-wearing teenager named Trayvon Martin. I don’t care what anyone has to say about this program.  When I first read about it, it took my breath away…and still does…moved beyond words. I respect and admire our President for having the audacity of hope!

  • The Perfect Score

    A new strategy for helping your teen prep for the SAT: take it yourself, seven times. No thanks. I took it twice, once as a sophomore once as a junior, and that was enough. Mother and SAT enthusiast, Debbie Stier, has a book to help college-bound students.

  • Lady Bird is Chomping at the Bit

    A 440-foot machine straight from a sci-fi film is slowly tunneling under D.C. to clean our rivers and streams, eventually. Lady Bird is creating an overflow tunnel for our outdated sewage system…eeeeew… DC water customers are shouldering most of the bill. But we will eventually see it benefits when we look out onto the Potomac, …

  • My Feets Are Tired, But My Soul Is Rested

    The words of a maid during the second week of the 1955 bus strike in Montgomery, Alabama. I don’t usually post about Black History Month; I grew up with an ever-present recognition of my history. It is February and I am catching up on programming that has waited patiently on my DVR: a six-part historical…

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