Esther J. Cepeda
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Heard any good books lately?Nov 28, 2011 4:00 am - I read voraciously. Two local and two national newspapers cover-to-cover and dozens of websites daily, most of what my Twitter timeline feeds me, and stacks of weekly an...
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The ostrich factor and childhood obesityNov 23, 2011 5:00 am - It would be nice to say that it’s shocking that a mere five days after the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute recommended that children between the ages of 9 and 1...
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5,100 reasons for outrageNov 20, 2011 4:00 am - If you are committed to the rule of law, if you expect your government to work in a cohesive and cost-effective manner, and even if you’re strongly against illegal immig...
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The overlooked voting blocNov 14, 2011 11:00 pm - With less than a year until the next general elections, candidates for political office should be making sure they’re not neglecting the most affluent, independent and n...
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Our reading-instruction hodgepodgeNov 08, 2011 4:00 am - When the Nation’s Report Card for grade school math and reading was released, the adjectives describing the overall lack of upward momentum in reading scores were: lackl...
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Those pesky student loansNov 01, 2011 5:00 am - Fundamentally, American society doesn’t value a college education as the necessary prerequisite to gaining knowledge or becoming a responsible citizen. Instead, it is pr...
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A holiday made for AmericaOct 27, 2011 5:00 am - When I was a kid, the Latin American holiday Day of the Dead - — a two-day observance that celebrates departed loved ones - — was a little-known tradition in the United ...
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Not dressed for successOct 24, 2011 5:00 am - I was curled up in an armchair at my local coffee shop when a teenage boy took a seat at the table next to me. He was like any of a thousand boys, my two sons included, ...
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A loss of confidence in our leaderOct 20, 2011 5:00 am - It’s only October, but I have a nomination for the scariest book of 2011 — maybe the saddest, too. I’ve rarely read a book that punched me in the gut quite like “Confid...
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Solid legislation? Dream on, CaliforniaOct 13, 2011 5:00 am - Just hours after Gov. Jerry Brown signed the California Dream Act, which will allow illegal immigrant students to be eligible for state-funded financial aid at public un...