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By David Anderson Recent articles posted here in this publication provided links to national headlines concerning a furor over the explicitly sexual nature of two books that are suggested reading for 11th graders in all 295 school districts in Washington as well as 44 other states, three territories and the District of Columbia all of which have […]

By David Anderson If you live in a poor community, consider yourself rich.  Although that’s both good news and bad news. For starters, your chances of being cut off or run down by a Vanquish – Aston Martin’s V-12, 460-horsepower, $228,000 car – are slim to none.

By David Anderson Quite evidently there’s more to the new Common Core state educational standards than meets the eye and if parents are asleep they’ll miss it. The books “The Bluest Eye” and “Dreaming in Cuban” are both on the Clover Park School District’s (CPSD) – and on every school district’s in 46 states – […]

By David Anderson The Patch wants to “improve the lives of residents.”  So play the lottery. The Lakewood Patch wants you to play the lottery: “What would you do with $245 million?”

By David Anderson Rivers without boundaries are a swamp.  Alligators inhabit swamps. An ancient proverb declares that it is beholden upon fathers to set boundaries for their children.  Boundaries keep children from being eaten. Leaders likewise are to have the temerity to establish what shall define their community.

By David Anderson ‘Johnny, what are you doing with your smartphone out while we’re having this most serious discussion?’ Johnny: ‘I’m bored.  I need a break.  So I’m playing poker.’

By David Anderson Why are football players stereotypically dumb?  Why are blondes the brunt of jokes? And what does this have to do the collapse of our country? The answer, with respect to those on the gridiron, is not that they can’t handle homework.  And blondes, well, the fact that they have more fun is to suggest a […]