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You know the old adage: You say to-MATE-o, I say to-MAHT-o. You say Ne-VAH-da, I punch you in the face. That may sound extreme, but many Nevadans get irritated by the mispronunciation of the state's name. However, outgoing Assemblyman Harry Mortenson is proposing more tolerance. The Las Vegas Democrat is working on a resolution for the 2011 legislative session to make the "Ne-VAH-da" pronunciation equally acceptable.

Open Letter to the Arkansas Legislature Re: House Bill 2518Rep. John Lewellen has decided to attack the homeschoolers who regularly outshine the publicly schooled children. Instead of trying to figure out a way to raise the level of academic excellence in the public schools, he wants to impose even more rules and regs on the ones who are consistently outperforming the students in the government public schools. This is just another case of SOUR GRAPES. Nice try, but no cigar.The key word here is "quality". What is quality? How can the you decide what defines a "quality" education? Simple....