| Last Updated: Sep 24th, 2009 - 12:41:20
Articles
Seven Tips That Will Help You Thrive in an Ocean of Change
The changes you’re facing right now may seem daunting, or even downright terrifying. Don’t let fear and doubt constrict your future, though. Author Jon Gordon says you have a lot more control than you think you do. It’s time to stop waiting to be fed like a goldfish and start developing some (shark-like) initiative.
Sep 24, 2009, 12:31 PST
Columns
Happy Labor Day, No Really
The working man's holiday is upon us once again. It's the second one since the Great Recession began and the first one since we were probably able to gather a collective deep breath. We have a better idea of where our economic bottom is, which is a little easier than the chasm we were staring into last year when we were wondering how far down we could go.
Aug 31, 2009, 19:52 PST
Columns
Martha's Big Adventure - I'd Rather Be Liked
My old mantra was that I'd rather be liked than most anything else. There was a constant check and balance going on in my brain weighing any new information against achieving that goal. Striving at being in a perpetual state of liked always won.
Jul 4, 2009, 13:42 PST
Reviews - Books
Moon 3D - Review
Take a trip to the moon in your favorite armchair with Moon 3D by astronomer Jim Bell.
Jun 27, 2009, 21:05 PST
Articles
Baby Boomers - Hope For The Economy
As a statistical demographic, Baby Boomers control more than half of the discretionary spending, they hold more than 70 percent of the country’s wealth and a behavioral trend that indicates that they are still spending that money, even during the recession.
May 27, 2009, 08:57 PST
Columns - Political
Keep the Two-Thirds Rules
There is an attempt now to have the voters decide whether to lower the budget passage requirement to 55 percent. Whether you are in favor of the two-thirds rule depends on whether you believe that an increase in taxes and spending is economic nutrition or whether it is economic poison.
May 16, 2009, 15:30 PST
Columns
From Fired...to Fired Up: Six Positive Choices to Keep You Motivated During Your Job Search
We're in a recession and you're out of a job. That's the bad news. The good news, says author Jon Gordon, is that by making a few key decisions you'll not only make your job search a thousand times more pleasant, you'll actually make it successful
Apr 5, 2009, 22:06 PST
Columns
Random Acts of Kindness
It's a commonly held belief that big cities are cold and unfamiliar and people go about their business rudely bustling by each other avoiding any kind of eye contact. In America, New York City is thought of as the capital of rudeness as an art form.
Apr 5, 2009, 21:52 PST
Articles
Playtime Disappearing in Kindergarten
Time for play in most public kindergartens has dwindled to the vanishing point, replaced by lengthy lessons and standardized testing, according to three new studies released today by the Alliance for Childhood.
Mar 19, 2009, 19:48 PST
Articles
To Tell or Not to Tell?: Four Rules for Sharing Bad News with Your Children in an Economic Crisis
These days bad news is everywhere: on television, the Internet, at the office, and inevitably at home. If you’re trying to protect your kids from the worry and stress that comes along with it, leadership expert Jamie Woolf says you may be doing more harm than good. Read on for her (workplace-inspired) tips on sharing bad news with your kids.
Mar 16, 2009, 01:48 PST
Columns
Martha's Big Adventure - The Courageous Parent
A courageous parent is the one who can stand back and let their grown children lead their own lives without their assistance. Sounds obvious but takes so much more than we knew when we first welcomed the small being into our lives.
Mar 12, 2009, 14:24 PST
Daily Smile
Do the Math, or Why I Own 57 Pairs of Black Pants and So Should You
A humorous look at women's propensity to acquire black pants.
Mar 9, 2009, 09:48 PST
Reviews - Books for Children
The Unofficial Harry Potter Vocabulary Builder - Review
A book review of the The Unofficial Harry Potter Vocabulary Builder by Sayre Van Young.
Mar 9, 2009, 08:38 PST
Reviews - Books
Mars 3-D - Review
A book review of Mars 3D, a science book by Jim Bell.
Mar 9, 2009, 08:01 PST
Reviews - Books for Teens
The Complete Idiot's Guide to The World Of Harry Potter - Review
A book review of the Complete Idiot's Guide To The World of Harry Potter by Tere Stouffer.
Mar 9, 2009, 05:53 PST
Reviews - Books for Children
Mary Engelbreit's Classic Library - Review
A book review of Peter Pan, part of Mary Engelbreit's Classic Library from Harper Festival publishers.
Mar 9, 2009, 05:20 PST
Reviews - Books for Children
Pony Crazy - Review
A review of Pony Crazy, an "I Can Read" book by Catherine Hapka, illustrated by Anne Kennedy.
Mar 9, 2009, 04:17 PST
Columns - Political
Ready, Set, Go Local
It's time to take back our country, and fix our problems with a little insight from Martha Randolph Carr.
Jan 20, 2009, 19:45 PST
Articles
Happy Holidays
The winter of 1966 in Philadelphia I was a seven year old kid anxiously waiting for Christmas and the hope of my first bike.
Dec 21, 2008, 17:54 PST
Articles
Faith Under Pressure:- The Miracle Marine
McClellan, author of the new book, My Miracle Marine was devastated by her son's injuries sustained in Iraq. She immediately turned to her own “troops” for support.
Dec 17, 2008, 03:05 PST
Daily Smile
May You Have a Shay Day
'When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does, is done with perfection. Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do. Where is the natural order of things in my son?
Dec 16, 2008, 21:28 PST
Columns - Political
Government Belongs to Us
In October 2007, a column was written about the California Highway Patrol's 11-99 Foundation. When a person donated a minimum of $5,000, he or she was given a license plate frame and a membership card that (coincidentally) could be placed next to that person's driver's license.
Dec 14, 2008, 16:14 PST
Columns - Political
Blankity Blank Blanks
They told me why they're so angry. They raised six children. They played by the rules. The America they know rewarded hard work and thrift, not stupidity and bad decisions.
Oct 20, 2008, 07:35 PST
Columns - Political
Why Obama
We are a nation that is not forged by a shared ethnic background to hold us together but by a shared ideal that benefits those who arrived over two hundred years ago and those who found this haven only yesterday.
Oct 19, 2008, 15:44 PST
Columns - Political
John the Candidate
Raging Moderate
For the third consecutive debate, the Grand OLD Man of the Grand Old Party neglected to include a single mention of the middle class...
Oct 17, 2008, 18:00 PST
Columns - Political
Panic-Stricken Mother Facing Charges - Safe Haven Laws
Panic-stricken and afraid, a young woman, aged 22, thinking she read online that it is legal to leave a baby anonymously at a church as a "safe haven," had left her child. No one knew but her ex-boyfriend that she was pregnant. She had carried the baby girl one-third of a mile to the local Presbyterian Church, and left her near the entrance in hopes of giving her daughter a better life.
Oct 17, 2008, 08:34 PST
Reviews - Books for Children
I'm Bad! - Review
I'm Bad! a new childrens' book, will definitely appeal to kids who love dinosaurs, in particular those who love the T-Rex.
Oct 14, 2008, 18:31 PST
Columns - Political
Pinning the Tail on the Donkey
Making Sense
The scandal of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac dwarfs the Enron debacle. In Enron, people went to jail. With the Fannies, some just walked away with millions....
Sep 19, 2008, 07:34 PST
Articles
A Relief Worker's Look at Hurricane Gustav
I am a nurse who has just completed working approximately 120 hours as the clinic director in a Hurricane Gustav evacuation shelter in Shreveport, Louisiana over the last 7 days. I would love to see someone look at the evacuee situation from a new perspective. Local and national news channels have covered the evacuation and "horrible" conditions the evacuees had to endure during Hurricane Gustav.
Sep 17, 2008, 20:52 PST
Reviews - Books for Children
Our White House - Review
ClassBrain Networthy Award
A book review of Our White House, a ClassBrain Networthy Award winner.
Aug 26, 2008, 20:01 PST
Reviews - Books for Children
Sort It Out - Review
A review by Cynthia Kirkeby of Sort it Out, written by Barbara Mariconda and Illustrated by Sherry Rogers, published by Sylvan Dell Publishing.
Aug 26, 2008, 19:46 PST
Parent Pamphlets
Children's Activity Pyramid
Have FUN and be active each week by trying some of these activities...
Aug 25, 2008, 11:26 PST
Columns
Martha's Big Adventure - A Parental Guide to Grown Children
There is really only one skill required in order to be a good parent once your children have grown into adulthood. It is the ability to appear supportive without really saying anything.
Aug 10, 2008, 18:32 PST
Columns - Political
It's Time For Rage
Making Sense
Americans are worried. Americans are angry. Soaring gas prices are seriously crippling our economy and hitting us where it hurts the most -- in our pockets.
Jul 6, 2008, 20:04 PST
Reviews - Books for Teens
Hack the SAT - Review
Learn how to increase your scores on the SAT and improve your chances of getting into the college of your choice.
Jun 24, 2008, 18:16 PST
Reviews - Books
In The Land of Difficult People - Review
What do fairy tales and difficult people at work have in common? Find the answer in our review of In the Land of Difficult People.
Jun 22, 2008, 16:47 PST
Reviews - Books for Teens
Better Latte or Never - Review
In Better Latte Than Never you enter Catherine Clark's slightly demented small town of Lindville, where P.F. Farrell is trying to get through a summer working at the local Gas n Git, deal with friends old and new, and have some fun without a car.
Jun 22, 2008, 11:10 PST
Reviews - Books
Edu-Toons - Review
A book review of Edu-toons: Education in America, a book of political cartoons by Arnie Bianco and Illustrated by Fred Falk.
Jun 22, 2008, 09:02 PST
Reviews - Books for Children
Splat The Cat - Review
Splat the Cat is a delightful illustrated children's book by Rob Scotton, which is perfect for kids about to start Kindergarten.
Jun 22, 2008, 07:46 PST
Articles
Head Start Double Whammy
Despite Outstanding Track Record of Program, Head Start Officials Bracing for Worst Under Cuts
Jun 19, 2008, 06:20 PST
 |
| Search |
|
|
|
|
