According to the results of a recent poll by Gallup and the Lumina Foundation, Americans are losing faith in the value of a college education. Overall, according to that poll as reported by the Associated Press, only 36 percent...
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The implementation of an $11.3 million grant to help the homeless was on many Rotarians’ minds...
Read MoreToday’s column is a plea to all owners of dogs, especially big dogs, not to let their dogs run loose—knowingly or unknowingly — especially in residential neighborhoods. Longtime readers of this column may remember my writing...
Read MoreIn a recent column I wrote about Christopher Kerr, a doctor who is the director of a hospice in Buffalo, NY, and the book he wrote about end-of-life dreams. I focused in that column on the hope and meaning he gives to people at...
Read MoreMath is not the easiest subject to teach. But a Los Banos Campus of Merced College professor who recently retired developed ways to enable his students over three decades to learn and enjoy math. Charlie Schlinger retired this...
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