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Reading & Rithmetic done the O’Dowd way = excellence

Michael O’Dowd has been honored both statewide and nationally for his direction of schools. Now he’s taken on a new challenge, the principalship of Pinecrest Academy Inspirada K-8 charter school in Henderson. Parents appreciate the way he tries to make his school competitive nationally and teachers appreciate that he leads by example, working long hours every day.

Contempt for women can pay off

Some people believe former Stanford student and star swimmer Brock Turner is destined for failure because of his sexual assault conviction. But many misogynists in the the United States — ranging from Bill Clinton to Mike Tyson — have gone on to great success despite their terrible behavior.

Wishing he was Superman

The toxic water crisis in Flint, Michigan, makes columnist fear for his daugher.

Many used as unwitting lab rats

It’s painful to think about: There are doctors and scientists and businessmen and government officials who lie to people about the safety of work they’re asked to do.
As I talked with 70-year-old Oscar Foger, such behavior was front and center.

Need a why for Desai? Maybe it’s the water

After six months of studying Dr. Dipak Desai as he lived in a nuthouse in Sparks, three of the state’s best shrinks recently concluded, in effect, that he knows the difference between an outhouse and a courthouse, that he remains competent enough to tell his lawyer, Richard Wright, to keep stalling so he doesn’t go to trial.