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Could it be that the means to measure a good edcation have been there all the time since teachers have always given grades that are pretty good measure of performance? Read the Article

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DeeDee Reynolds and her husband Ed own this haven for candy lovers, especially those who can’t live without licorice. Read the Article

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Getting mad and not wanting to take it anymore after trying to listen to President Bush’s recent news conference, I calm my emotions by using RSVP Ethics to analyze the morality of our 43rd president. Read the Article

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I claimed last week that what’s missing from the discussion of our most complex problems is a clear and shared ethical language. This week, in an effort to address this deficiency, I propose a morality mnemonic, RSVP, that I hope will be a toolkit my English students can use to include ethics in their critical reading and writing. Read the Article

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Something seems to be missing from our sense of who we are as Americans. When I watched Sicko, I found it missing when Michael Moore asked us to think about who we are and how we can allow so many in our country to suffer from lack of healthcare. Read the Article

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In which I gripe about moral(e), student and environmental waste, and in which I promise, in next-week’s column, to offer explications and actions. Read the Article

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If you haven’t yet seen Sicko, Michael Moore’s movie on the terrible state of healthcare in the United States, you need to see it as soon as possible. But maybe you should see it by yourself first. Read the Article

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In which I find that with Google Earth I can’t change the present but can remember the past . . . Read the Article

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Continuation of last week’s article . . .

Kathy Rosengren, who is retiring as Dean of Humanities at Solano Community College, had only been married to her first husband for three years when he suddenly died of a heart attack.

“That, of course, changed my life tremendously,” Kathy remembers. Read the Article

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Kathy Rosengren moved here from South Dakota with her new husband in 1970. While neither had a job, California was the place to be, the land of opportunity and change. After interviewing at various colleges, she decided to teach at Vallejo Junior College. . . . Now 37 years later, Solano College serves almost 11,000 students, and Kathy, Dean of Humanities, is trying to retire, which can be hard for someone so dedicated to education.
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