This week in power: New Hampshire, Santorum, Holocaust analogies, Credit cards
Danny Groner
January 12, 2012
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January 12, 2012
La Cañada’s young school reformer
Jonah Lowenfeld
January 12, 2012
It’s easy to conjure up images of the folks pushing education reform in districts where students are obviously struggling. Think of Michelle Rhee, the former chancellor of the embattled public schools in Washington, D.C., who instituted reforms like variable pay for teachers based upon student achievement. Or consider Steve Barr, who founded the Green Dot group of public charter schools in response to the low graduation rate in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Sherman lays into Berman in four-way Congressional debate
Jonah Lowenfeld
January 12, 2012
In 2001, the last time the lines of congressional districts were redrawn, Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) so hated the way that the San Fernando Valley was sliced into districts that he reportedly said that Rep. Howard Berman (D-Van Nuys) “stabbed me in the back.”
Up in the air, but down-to-earth
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
January 12, 2012
The strange thing about talking with Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld is that in a 90-minute conversation, we hardly discussed the plane crash that almost killed him and that forms the dramatic centerpiece of his new book, “Above All Else” (Skyhorse Publishing). We talked about the demands of competitive skydiving, his kids — who aren’t old enough to skydive — and what he hopes to teach people about life through the lessons he’s learned jumping out of planes more than 25,000 times.
Déjà Vu, all over again: Parashat Shemot (Exodus 1:1-6:1)
Jewish Journal
January 12, 2012
It’s a new year and we are beginning a new book of the Torah — Exodus. Unfortunately, we are dealing with the same old problem. Anti-Semitism, the oldest hatred, rears its ugly head.
My Single Peeps: Gary L.
Jewish Journal
January 12, 2012
Gary’s brother, Jason, is a recent single peep. And, like Jason, Gary’s a nice, easygoing guy.
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