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Tragic story — great work on deadline

  • Posted on:June 1, 2015
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Thousands of words have been written in the last 24 hours on the tragic death of Beau Biden, Delaware’s former attorney general and the son of Vice President Joe Biden. The News Journal, Beau’s hometown paper in Wilmington, Del., did an outstanding job pulling together information from Washington, from friends and associates, and from its own…

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Bless you, Aunt Jo

  • Posted on:April 20, 2015
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Those of us who spent our formative years in Catholic elementary schools in the ’50s and ’60s likely have enduring memories of the nuns who commanded their classrooms, using those long wooden pointers half the time to direct our attention to the spelling words on the blackboard and the other half for … well, you…

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Remembering a friend and mentor

  • Posted on:April 19, 2015
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Much has been written in the past two weeks about the career of the late John H. Taylor Jr., his fine work as a writer and editor at The News Journal, his civic leadership at the Delaware Public Policy Institute, and his dedication to social justice and improving the quality of life for everyone in…

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What’s going on in Delaware’s schools

  • Posted on:March 14, 2015
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There are times when I wish I were under 30 again, and not just for the reasons all of us are likely to mention. Back in the day, I was a full-time education reporter, and Delaware’s public schools were experiencing the trauma associated with court-ordered school desegregation. The Delaware State Education Association was also on…

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11 … and counting

  • Posted on:February 14, 2015
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For most people an 11th anniversary isn’t a big deal, and I don’t think there’s anything particularly special about today being the anniversary of my last day of working for someone else. But it is a good opportunity to reflect on what I have been able to accomplish while out on my own. I have…

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A Veterans Day Reflection

  • Posted on:November 9, 2014
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It was 1968. The Vietnam War had divided a tormented nation and I, like thousands of college grads who had been stunned by the assassinations of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (who was shot four days before he would have been the speaker at my graduation), faced the prospect…

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Publishers: Respect your readers

  • Posted on:October 6, 2014
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As newspapers continue to eliminate reporting and editing jobs — The New York Times and USA Today were among those that announced cuts in the past month or so — it has become fashionable to bash the journalism business, to complain that the papers aren’t what they used to be, that they’re more interested in…

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Ice Cream Treat

  • Posted on:July 13, 2014
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One of the great things about my work is that you never know what you’re getting into — there can be a surprise every day. I knew quite a bit about the history of the Old Fashioned Ice Cream Festival at Rockwood, so I was pleased to sign on with Barry Schlecker and his Barry’s…

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At the beach: Hope for breast cancer patients

  • Posted on:June 16, 2014
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Cancer — it’s a word that puts fear in our hearts like no other. It can be especially frightening to young families to hear a diagnosis that, at the very least, will disrupt the structure of their lives and, at worst, can alter the family forever. I recently spent some time with an organization whose…

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Chart(er)ing a new course?

  • Posted on:May 12, 2014
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In all my years of following and writing about education in Delaware, no topic stirred as much emotion as the battle over school desegregation (“forced busing” to its vehement foes). With its roots in the 1950s (a Delaware case was part of the U.S. Supreme Court’s original Brown vs. Board of Education decision, whose 60th…

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