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• Politics

  By aaforringer on November 9, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  I deliberately did not read anything about the Vietnam War because I felt the politics of the war eclipsed what happened to the veterans. The politics were irrelevant to what this memorial was.    Maya Lin Maya Ying Lin (born October… Read More ›

• Life

  By aaforringer on November 7, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.    Charles M. Schulz Charles Schulz, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 26, 1922, launched his comic strip Peanuts in 1950. Featuring hero Charlie Brown, over the… Read More ›

• The Goldbricker

  By aaforringer on November 5, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  “And that is how I saved George Washington’s life.” “No way. Miles held up his hand.  “Right hand up to God, upon my dear mother’s soul it happened just they way I have told you.” Some of the people in… Read More ›

• Calculate

  By aaforringer on November 2, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Calculators can only calculate – they cannot do mathematics.     John A. Van de Walle Dr. John A. Van de Walle was a well-known mathematics educator and the author of Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally, a book that continues to be… Read More ›