Daily Archives: January 11, 2011


A Musical Moment

A classical guitar piece by Jonathan Nicholas Gianino of Oakland, NJ. This is just a musical interlude from news, announcements and other articles; persons attempting to find a motive here will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral will be banished. Click Play Button/Buffer 20 seconds


Oakland School Scores

New Jersey recently released the test scores for individual schools. Readers can find reports for Franklin Lakes, Oakland and Wyckoff at the bottom of this article, and more detailed analysis at NJ Department of Education. The role of standardized testing has been a matter of public debate for decades now, […]


The Autobiography of Mark Twain

The Autobiography of Mark Twain. The Complete and Authoritative Edition. Volume 1. ed. Harriet Elinor Smith et al. Berkeley, California: The University of California Press, 2010 As reviewed by Ted Odenwald In 1906, after many unsatisfactory starts, Mark Twain finally “…hit upon the right way to do an autobiography.” His […]