My Vero

Justice is no golden parachute for Rendell

It’s entirely possible, I suppose, that School Board Vice Chairman Tiffany Justice had no idea what Superintendent Mark ...

Bonzo

Bonzo thinks itsy bitsy Lil Lee is as cute as can be

Photo: Kaila Jones               Lil Lee Slater thinks she’s probly a chihuahua, the kind with long wavy hair. An, ...

On Faith

Yes or no? Your answer can tell you a lot about yourself

We’ve always had great admiration for the mid-20th century Swedish diplomat and United Nations General Secretary Dag Hammarskjöld. ...

My Vero

Justice elusive as school wars move to social media

Photo: Kaila Jones          School Board Vice Chairman Tiffany Justice wants to put in jail a longtime school employee ...

My Vero

No role for party politics in resolving school crisis

Anyone familiar with the challenges currently confronting our School Board, particularly the fate of its embattled superintendent, knows ...

On Faith

Pollyanna found joy amid hardship … what’s so wrong with that?

You probably remember the story by Eleanor Porter of the little girl Pollyanna, orphaned and living with her ...

Bonzo

She’s another Little Bit of sunshine in Bonzo’s life

Woof! Another first for me. LAST week I hadda fun innerview with a white Maltese named Little Bit ...

My Vero

Teachers are bailing out of our local schools. Why?

More than 500 teachers have left our local schools during the past four years, and 63 percent of ...

On Faith

Possibility of good exists even in our imperfections

There is an old legend from India about a servant in the household of a wealthy man whose ...

Bonzo

Adorable Miss Little Bit goes over big with Bonzo

I’ve really gotta cut down on the bread! Oops, did I say that out loud? Sorry. It’s just ...

My Vero

School Board should fire Superintendent Rendell now!

There’s no sense in wasting words on Tiffany Justice, whose unwavering loyalty to and relentless defense of Schools ...

On Faith

Fear and depression wilt in the face of fresh perspective

We recently came across an intriguing poem by American author and poet Richelle E. Goodrich. Here is the ...