Editorial

Competitive Jerks

August 11, 2011

Parents often tell one another, “I’m so proud of my son for excelling in sports at school.” This proud at­titude isn’t a bad thing. It motivates people to keep moving forward in life. Pride motivates parents to continue having a catch with their kid and kids asking their parents to drive them to the local [...]

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Call It Sleep, A Book Review

August 6, 2011

A Family Times Book Reflection By Rebecca W. Call It Sleep, by Henry Roth, is a heartrending novel about a young immigrant boy growing up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan at the turn of the century. In his quest to find peace, the protagonist, David Schearl, confronts painful and sensitive issues, such as [...]

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Dear Marjorie

August 2, 2011

Dear Marjorie, Life doesn’t seem to be going in my favor lately. My grades are dropping rapidly, and I feel like my whole family resents me. My family situation at home is not working out the way I would like it to either. I really have no clue how to deal with all these issues [...]

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Letter to The Editor

July 3, 2011

Dear The Family Times, As parents with our child attending The Family School, we have seen her grow step by step, sometimes multiple steps forward, sometimes a few back, but always correcting in time and moving forward again. I cannot say enough about how proud we are of her progress and how fortunate we are [...]

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Drilling Bias

July 2, 2011

To The Family Times: Thank you for publishing Mr. Russ Mosher’s letter to the editor with the accompanying article. My husband and I couldn’t agree with the contents of it more. When you first began to publish your newspaper, I was very impressed with it, but as time went on and I noticed how biased [...]

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Hats Off?

June 30, 2011

By Brooke C. Approaching graduation, high school and college seniors world-wide are starting to get nervous. High school seniors are facing the common problems of transferring into college, and learning how to get adjusted to a way of life that is completely unfamiliar to them. These teenagers need to pack their belongings and school books, [...]

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Letters to the Editor

May 27, 2011

The “Pros” of Gas Drilling To the Editor: I would like to know why The Family Times seems so biased on the issue of gas drilling in our area. There is never anything positive in the paper about it. Sure, there are risks involved; but it is an energy source we can tap into immediately [...]

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Young America: Vote or Else

May 25, 2011

By Kate D. Urban Outfitters has come out with a t-shirt with the slogan “Voting Is For Old People” slapped boldly across its front. Although the sarcastic phrase attracts many teens who take pride in their lack of political involvement, there is really a lot of truth in the statement. Voting wasn’t created based on [...]

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The End of an Era

May 24, 2011

By Brooke C. On Sunday, May 1, 2011, military and CIA operatives cornered and executed Osama Bin Laden. President Obama announced that a 40-man Navy Seal team had captured and killed Bin Laden, and that “justice has been done.” This has left the American population, at least those interested in examining the deeper nature of [...]

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Instant Gratification Nation

May 4, 2011

By Jack S. Student athletes are pressured to make it to the pros daily. However, the ones encouraging them to make a career out of sports usually rush them through the process. College basketball players are raw. Their uncooked talent can do wonders in the NBA, but there is growth to be done before the [...]

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