by altha-admin | Mar 5, 2012 | Articles
So now Hermosa Beach is banning smoking pretty much everywhere in its environs.How much more nanny-state liberalism will the South Bay have to suffer through?Smoking kills: no doubt about it. The researched effects of second-hand smoke have yielded mixed results at...
by altha-admin | Mar 4, 2012 | Articles
My mentor teacher at Dana Middle School counseled me early on: Teachers only give off an illusion of control. When it all comes down to it, no one really has to listen to you. Then why should students give me or any other teacher the time of day, let along follow...
by altha-admin | Mar 4, 2012 | Articles
Teaching is all give, and not a lot of get, at least in proportion to the amount of time, energy, and effort that the teacher puts into the profession. That is the way it should be, I guess. Then the question that arises: what moves and motivates the teacher to give?...
by altha-admin | Mar 4, 2012 | Articles
Young people are too young to know better. This curse is more apparent among teenagers, many of whom are expected to start figuring out the rules of the game called life, discovering to their dismay that most adults do not play by the same rules, or make them up, or...
by altha-admin | Mar 4, 2012 | Articles
Two incumbent Democrats are trying to outdo each other in the newly-tailored 30th Congressional District of the San Fernando Valley. I am grateful for the Electoral Commission's efforts in tailoring California's Congressional districts to force incumbent...
by altha-admin | Mar 4, 2012 | Articles
Two incumbent Democrats are duking it out for the newly-tailored 30th Congressional District in the San Fernando Valley.Howard Berman has commandeered the greater number of endorsements, most likely in recognition for his 30 years serving the House of Representatives....
