Jennie Sawyer: Enough really is enough
This is in an important concept, one that I want my son to understand now so when he is an adult it will simply be a part of who he is. I explained that a new house would be nice, but getting the money would mean Mommy would have to go back to work.
Mike Shepherd: Our enemies may not always hate us
R.V. Burgin was born in 1922 on a farm in Lancaster and served in the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II. The horrors of the Pacific that he experienced are only now being documented, in his book Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific.
Viewpoints: Apply by April 9 to be a teacher or student voice
To create a forum for informed debate complete with thoughtful observations and persuasive opinions, we need the help of people in the classroom. News pages can give us the facts, but teachers and students can tell us more.
Sarah Squires of Dallas: Kids who play sports learn valuable lessons ... and so do their parents
I have suffered near frostbite on the sidelines of a soccer field, fallen down bleachers at a volleyball match and been hit squarely in the chest by a fast-pitched softball. I have been the mother of a Sweetheart, Shark, Slider, Comet, Bumble Bee, Daisy, Lynx and a Tiger, to name a few.
Marina Trahan Martinez of Dallas: Every kid should play sports (for a while)
Last week, one little ballerina let our entire studio know she didn't care to change into her pink tights and black leotard to leap in front of mirrors wearing pink leather slippers. She screamed, cried and begged her mother to leave.
Lade Obamehinti of Euless: Millions connect on Facebook
Do you know of that thing called Facebook that used to be just for college students, and especially incoming freshman college students, to connect and communicate before the school year began?
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