by altha-admin | Jul 20, 2011 | Articles
I was a long-term substitute teacher for Centinela Valley Union High School District during the 2010-2011 school year. In spite of the "tectonic shifts" that have apparently disrupted the educational status quo at Lawndale and Hawthorne, not enough has...
by altha-admin | Jul 20, 2011 | Articles
Teacher's unions are under a lot of attack these days.Is there any reason why they should not be?They claim to support teachers, mind the best interests of students, and advocate for the needs of the communities they serve. Yet the facts suggest otherwise.Unions...
by altha-admin | Jul 19, 2011 | Articles
In "Time for sanity in government" (Letter to the Editor July 16,2011) Fred Fasen debates the merits and responsibilities of the United States Government in putting this nation's fiscal house in order. First, I would submit that there is no support for...
by altha-admin | Jul 19, 2011 | Articles
Let's cut the crap about the Debt Ceiling, the national debt, and annual budget deficits.Whether or not the United States raises the debt ceiling for more unbacked, unfunded spending, this country must start saving more than it spends, period.As Senator Tom Coburn...
by altha-admin | Jul 19, 2011 | Articles
God who became man, Jesus Christ, the second Person of the Holy Trinity, put aside his glory to suffer the pain and temptation that travails human kind–God not only became like one of us, he knows first hand the shock, disorder, and suffering that we face every...
by altha-admin | Jul 19, 2011 | Articles
From the Associated Press (7/19/2011): "The incoming Roman Catholic archbishop of Philadelphia has pledged to help sex-abuse victims by working harder than anyone to heal 'the sins of the past.'"Abuse victims will never receive satisfaction from...