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The US government did not find out about Darfur after watching the Clooney film.It has been almost two years since then Secretary of State Colin Powell addressed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on what he termed as a genocide taking place in Darfur. The fact that he addressed the committee on this matter provided the… Read more

Yesterday, my sister and I were talking about the local jr. high school, and how fast kids are living these days. My son is only about to start fourth grade, but it just really bothered me that I am going to have to deal with all of that stuff. I’m not a cool parent now,… Read more

I guess that we have come to the end of a sunny spell. I think we had sun for four days straight, which is a big deal in these parts. Maybe I’ll catch up on some stuff… Overcoming ObstaclesKimberly Oliver is a teacher of 15 students of Vietnamese, Latino, African, African-American and Haitian origin. All… Read more

I wrote a while back about how my son is all about researching things on the internet. How he is all about researching things on Wikipedia. If you’re not looking over there, Al isn’t interested. This weekend, I wanted him to look up the Mapasaurus, the newly disovered meat eating dinosaur whose size is comparable… Read more