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Can families be living art? A Father's Day tribute

By Rod Martel | 06/14/13

A good friend of mine, having been dealt almost every possible blow life has to offer, has parried each thrust away from his place of vulnerability and used it to create a masterwork of living art — his family.

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Some dads approach Father's Day with a bittersweet sense of dread

By Rod Martel | 06/15/12

Parents of estranged children often describe the experience of estrangement as a slow, tortuous death, complete with all the stages of grief with the added element of rejection.

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Teacher quality: Is this as good as it gets?

By Rod Martel | 05/09/11
I admit it. Before I retired, I was one of those occasionally skeptical, highly-skilled, under-utilized, and yes, tenured teachers.