Author: Mark Marcantonio

Over ten years ago my Grandfather sat down and wrote out his memories of Christmas. This year my wife and I will be with him as he celebrates his 98th holiday. I thought his writing might give all a chance to pause and reflect on the one of the true meanings of the season.

#1 As a teacher I can see the possibilities with No Child Left Behind Act. However, it fails to create a fair way to judge failing schools from one state to another. It also fails to account for those schools that are made up of ESL (English Second Language) students from a wide variety of languages.

The MyMac water-cooler conversation this week at times revolved around the SuperBowl halftime show. I didn’t see it live as I was channel surfing

The fragile cease-fire in Lebanon seems to be holding. The Lebanese citizens driven from their homes are returning to see what is left of

On Sunday, January 15th, I stopped in at the Apple Store in Tigard, Oregon. I wanted to check out the new version of iWork’s

Dear Jonathon Ivey; As you design the third generation iBook, please keep a few things in mind. One: Place the processor and the battery

The Democratic Party is in trouble at a national level. It’s identity has been shaped and fitted not by itself but by Republicans into

When I was growing up in the 60’s-70’s, kids usually had one after school or summer activity, and the rest of playtime was unstructured.

With school out for the summer, and having spent last week painting my classroom I now have somewhat more time to peruse quality journalism

Steve Consilvio’s reply to my Torture blog is a perfect example of of the intellectual debate that goes on amongst the MyMac writers. If

Long before I gave a hoot about computers my passion was stereo equipment. A youth spent taking piano lessons for one year, drum lessons

Last spring I blogged about rediscovering my passion for audio equipment. Well, the passion has turned into a full-fledged hobby in a financially safe

For the first time in years I have heard nothing, absolutely nothing about the President’s Day holiday. As a social studies teacher this both

A rather interesting discussion has been going on behind the scenes here at MyMac. It has involved the issue of how Saddam Hussein is

As the readers can see, Steve and I have had a rather interesting dialogue on the subject. Steve and I began our conversations back

Recently, Bill Cosby, the man who managed to let America view a black family as just a family, recently spoke out against the sad

Bill: As a writer for MyMac.com, I understand what it is like to get the juvenile flaming. As far as your prediction of the

University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill is testing the grounds of how well Americans tolerate freedom of speech versus academic scholarship. First, a few