A Six Point Plan for Our Public Schools
Launching a charter school is a major undertaking. Many are undercapitalized and few have the resources that our public schools have. So why not experiment with “Charter Classrooms” in our lowest performing schools instead? The concept is simple: Public school administrators would enter into…
Fishing for More Than Surf
Growing up, my brother, sister and I used to extract old fishing poles from my grandparents garage. Trying to untie any knots gathered in the lines, we would dig up worms from their garden. Using my brother as a guide, we would attempt to fashion the worm onto a rusty old hook and cast the line into the lake behind our grandparents’ house…
Lindsay Lohan Will Not Get Out of Jail Time, Says Expert
Think Lindsay Lohan will get out of most of her 90-day jail sentence? Think again. “It’s county jail. If she were a regular Jane Doe, she might get processed out in 23, 30 days. But the county knows it’s going to be looked at. They don’t want people to say she got out too fast,” believes leading Hollywood…
Industry Insiders Differ When It Comes to Mel Gibson’s Future
The questions continue as to whether Mel Gibson’s latest deranged diatribe will cost him what’s left of his movie star career. We decided to take a straw poll of industry insiders, and the result was absolutely … mixed. “Yes,” answered one major producer simply…
Surrender at the Border
GEORGETOWN, S.C. — My Fox News baseball hat and sunglasses no longer work as a disguise here in the Carolina Lowcountry. As I stepped out of the Kudzu Bakery this morning, a fellow early-morning shopper accosted me with an accusation and an inquisition: “You’re from Washington. What the devil are those people up there thinking?” [...]
Chiles Lays Out Energy Agenda
Florida power companies will produce 20 percent of their electricity from renewable energy sources in a decade if Lawton “Bud” Chiles is elected governor, Chiles said Wednesday after touring the University of Central Florida’s Solar Energy Center. Speaking with reporters in front of a series of solar panels at the Cocoa facility, Chiles said he would put muscle behind the plan that had once been pushed…
Jaguars Defense: Eyes Wide Open
The Jacksonville Jaguars spent four of their six 2010 draft picks on defensive players for a reason. The 2009 defense was not the old reliable Jaguar fans had grown accustomed to years ago. Partly, there was no consistent line play. Season after season, it was easy to get spoiled with the dominating presences of John Henderson…
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