It is only appropriate that my column today would focus on how our district goes beyond human development. We are in the business of educating our children for a future that will be filled with global issues. Our children are...

This column is in response to the Feb. 23 article in the News-Bulletin titled “Jaramillo: Village listened to public opinion.” I am so dismayed by the sheer volume of disinformation, I hardly know where to begin....

Well, I made it to the Olympics. I caught a brief glimpse of the Olympic torch after waiting 90 minutes in sub-freezing weather. I caught 10 minutes of a women’s hockey game — was it Kazakhstan vs China? And I caught a...

Did you hear the one about the dalmatian who rang the doorbell? That was Rex, our first dalmation, a big white male with just a smattering of black spots. When we got him from a farm, there was no leash law in the suburb of...