“You have to take five AP classes a year if you want to go to a good college.” As a sophomore at Wilcox High School, I hear something like...
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As we began the unit on the Legislative Branch, “Mark” asked why California ranks in the bottom of receiving federal funding when...
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Santa Clara’s June 5 Special Election is asking that the Santa Clara electorate change its election method from one discriminatory, illegal election...
One of my favorite units to teach at Santa Clara High School is Elections and Campaigns. I start the lesson by showing the...
I met my future wife on January 23, 1954 at the Zenda Ballroom in Los Angeles. I was stationed in San Diego...
Dear Madam Mayor and City Council, I hereby submit my formal resignation from the Planning Commission effective immediately. While I have been...
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We Must Return to Citizen Legislators Not Career Politicians – Impose Commons Sense Term Limits on Members of Congress
On my first day of teaching the Legislative Branch, we discussed the demographics of the current 115th Congress. Here are the frightening...
Every year I think about how to teach redistricting and gerrymandering to my seniors at Santa Clara High School. It can be...
I want to tell you a story about miracles, about war, and about love. My grandparents grew up in the same city,...
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The word “magical” generally makes those of us on cliché patrol reach reflexively for the red pen. Especially when used in close...