Valparaiso drivers who dealt with their confusion on the city's
roundabout by avoiding it completely would be well advised to come
to grips with this new type of intersection. More roundabouts are
coming to the city.
I read an article by the Associated Press in The Times. The
headline read, "Report: Half of U.S. kids will receive food stamps
during their childhood." Half. This estimate comes from an
analysis, released in the November issue of Archives of Pediatrics
and Adolescent Medicine, consisting of 30 years of national data
revealing evidence on the pervasiveness of youngsters at economic
risk.
My children and I woke up this morning in tents pitched along
Bright Angel Creek at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. It is our
first Thanksgiving away from Indiana, our first without turkey and
pumpkin pie. I see it as a last-gasp bonding opportunity with my
college-age sons before they start their own lives and create their
own Thanksgiving traditions.