by altha-admin | Aug 19, 2012 | Articles
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews founder Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein issues very moving commercials asking for donations to feed needy Jews or to help them leave hostile lands and return to Israel. I cried when I say the squalor and anti-semitism that...
by altha-admin | Aug 18, 2012 | Articles
It is a jungle out there for teachers. Whether I am a substitute or a full-time staffer, the tension that can pull a teacher apart can take its toll. "The Horror! The Horror!" Well, as far as teaching is concerned, I chose the difficulties, I chose to stick...
by altha-admin | Aug 18, 2012 | Articles
This one security guard at Hawthorne High School was a real trip, a cool cat, or at least so I thought. Jerry was his name, or at least that's what I decided to call him in my head. He would tell staff, he would tell newcomers like me "Don't let...
by altha-admin | Aug 18, 2012 | Articles
Years ago, when I was still in seventh grade, my mother took my sister and me on a road-trip to San Francisco, then we drove down the 101 to get back home. We were gone for about a week. Half-way through the trip, Mom called home to get back in touch with Dad,...
by altha-admin | Aug 18, 2012 | Articles
I have read the following comments from the Patch Network about Mr. Bloomfield: "Though Bill Bloomberg would like to pass himself off as an Independent, he is a foxy Rebublican disguised in sheep's clothing." (That's Bloomfield, not Bloomberg —...
