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Sage Hey you think that is funny look at the map - they have Wildcat Bluff Nature ....
pstern Yes, Salon, but it is much more than that.  The system needs a complete ....
salon @Peter- I completely agree about honoring the great teachers and think we sho....
salon @Jo- On Pecan Plantation. As noted in the excerpt I posted above, Pecan Plant....
pstern A lot of people are not going to like what I say here, but it's the truth....
humanbeing I, too, agree that the real educators of our children are the parents. They a....
pstern This along with many other reasons is why I have been home schooling my son s....
jojoakaoscar Pecan Plantation  Medical Center is located in Hood County and it i....
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God, History and the Texas Public Schools
A Debate That Impacts All of Us
3/13/2010 10:52:21 PM
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A very articulate evaluation from Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, Huff Post:"I blame the public officials who invited the participation of evangelists in a process that is meant to respect the ideas and needs of the larger public. These officials abandoned the public they are charged with serving to..........
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Coffee or Tea?
It might not seem like it, but things are changing
3/13/2010 10:32:49 PM
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Coffee Party brews up rival for Tea Party By Madeleine MorrisBBC News, Washington ..........
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Public Education
Public Education: How to improve it and cut the cost
3/13/2010 6:38:21 PM
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  the fight against politics and mediocrity     by Peter Stern     Public education is NOT working.  We all know it.   For the majority of children and parents, who rely on it, public education continues to fail the needs and the learning outcomes of the chil..........
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As a Genealogist, I Think Michelle Bachman and Other Census Liars and Avoiders are Nuts.
3/13/2010 2:08:41 PM
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I had some trepidation, based on all the hoopla about the census coming out, about what kind of questions it might contain. Was it going to ask me about many teevees we have, or cars, or other intrusive personal questions?Nope. It's asking the SAME kind of questions the census has for the last centu..........
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Politics Controlling Our Children's Education
This Story Just Gets Worse
3/12/2010 10:41:40 PM
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AUSTIN, Texas — A far-right faction of the Texas State Board of Education succeeded Friday in injecting conservative ideals into social studies, history and economics lessons that will be taught to millions of students for the next decade."We have been about conservatism versus liberal..........
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The Ugly Side of Politics
Getting Back On-Track
3/12/2010 8:27:10 PM
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Making Politics Work Better for the People   Level the Playing Field a Bit More     by Peter Stern     The two things we urgently need to move this nation forward toward its honest and positive evolution is to impose term more realistic term limits on elected a..........
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Part of the Amended and Restated Glen Rose Medical Center Lease -December 2009
3/12/2010 7:26:53 PM
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PDF-not all pages here but the ones that interested me- the rest are at the county clerk's office..page 1. County owns the asset known as the Glen Rose hospital. It had previously leased it to the Glen Rose Medical Foundation. Foundation said it wasn't financially able to continue to operate the hos..........
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