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Education Matters
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Education Matters: SOUL given two years
After covering education for the past 20 years, I thought nothing would surprise me any more. Then along came the Feb. 6 San Diego County Board of Education meeting. With depressing regularity, education leaders continue to circumvent what’s best for students and create impossible barriers for...
Kitchen Shrink
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Kitchen Shrink: Let's get cagey; The truth about eggs
KITCHEN SHRINK: My grandma would often tell me how much she enjoyed farm-fresh eggs delivered weekly to her home by the friendly egg-man, who happened to be completely bald, humorously reflecting his trade. He gingerly handed her a confetti of eggs piled in a wicker basket — some speckled, some...
Ask Mr. Marketing
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Mr. Marketing: A very merry business card
Did you know 627,000 new businesses start in the U.S. annually? Most use business cards as an inexpensive promotional tool. Half won’t last five years.
AutoMatters & More
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AutoMatters & More: Cirque du Soleil’s Breathtaking, Sensational VOLTA!
Cirque du Soleil’s Big Top has returned to the Del Mar Fairgrounds with VOLTA, the 17th Cirque du Soleil production to visit San Diego.
Rant with Randi
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Rant with Randi: Enough is enough
I was trying to figure out what I should write about this week, when it was handed to me recently at a Friday night football game. I heard a woman talking, ranting actually, about coaches and their roles in our kids’ lives. I haven’t written about sports and crazy parents for a while, because sometimes...
One View
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One View: Looking forward with Michael Dukakis
Michael Dukakis, 83, former governor of Massachusetts and 1988 Democratic candidate for president, spoke recently to the Rancho Santa Fe Democratic Club where I am VP for programs. Congressman Scott Peters was there. Also Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez and new husband Nathan Fletcher, a likely candidate...