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Peter Sklar 1962 - 2012

Peter Sklar, publisher of Edhat, passed away yesterday at age 50.

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Remembering Peter Sklar

One day during the late summer of 2006 I woke up to find that my obscure and little-noticed blog was suddenly getting a big spike in traffic. A look at my stats log showed that all of that new web...

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Ouch! D.C. Circuit Court Hands News-Press Journalists Big Defeat

Well, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, just gave News-Press owner Wendy McCaw an early and rather large Christmas gift. It ruled that she was within her rights in having eight reporters...

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The Three Most Important Lessons that Mitt Romney Has Taught Me

By Taryn Smith Looking back at the 2012 presidential election I feel like Romney and Obama aren’t the only ones who can learn a few lessons from the election. At least for me the political gaffs and...

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My Blog Is Back, And I've Called in Reinforcements

My blog has been on silent mode for quite awhile now but that has now ended. I've taken on a partner to pick up some of the slack. My new blogging partner is my 17-year-old daughter, Taryn. Somewhere...

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Got Swag?

By Taryn When I was a little kid my dad told me that the word "swag," was an acronym for "stuff we all get." However, as I've gotten older I now have the feeling that my dad’s definition may not have...

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Knowledge Is Too Complicated to be Shared With the Masses

At least that's the impression I get from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. She's quoted in Monday's New York Times as being opposed to televising oral arguments before the court. "I don’t...

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Joe Biden is a Total Studmuffin

He’s a hottie. Much to my dad’s anxiety when I told him that I had caught the Hot for Biden flu. My dad was pretty worried that I’d turn into some reverse political cougar. Who could blame me? Biden...

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She Slices and Dices Mr. Chick-fil-A

You've probably heard that a Chick-fil-A fast food restaurant recently opened here in Santa Barbara. Here's what my daughter has to say about it. An Open Letter to Chick-fil-A Dear Chick-fil-A, Let’s...

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"Almost getting it kind of together."

By Taryn The above quote is a tagline from the HBO series "Girls." "Girls" centers around a twenty something year-old named Hannah, as well as her three friends. I've fallen in love with this show....

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Make Room for Daddy!

I was beginning to think I wasn't going to get another word in edgewise around here. I figured there would come a day when I would be replaced by someone younger, smarter and better looking than I am....

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All Dressed Up and No Place to Go

By Taryn Why can't things just stay open past 9:30pm on a Saturday night? I just want to go and have chocolate chip pancakes at IHOP after catching a movie at midnight. Is that really too much to ask?...

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In Santa Barbara, Every Stroll Is a Walk on the Wild Side

By Craig I was browsing Edhat yesterday when I came across this item: I would like to ask why pedestrians are not considered jaywalkers in Santa Barbara, but instead drivers are supposed to stop for...

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She Presented an Oscar. Get Over It

By Taryn So what's all the fuss about Michelle Obama presenting the award for Best Picture at the Oscars? I thought that her announcing the Oscar winner was pretty cool. I mean if I were getting an...

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Republicans Going For Image Makeover?

By Taryn The 2012 election sure taught the Republican Party a lot. Lessons such as learning that voter suppression doesn't work (because even the Democratic party is full of awesome patriots) the...

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We Can't See What We Don't Know

By Taryn I went to Marymount School here in Santa Barbara from kindergarten through eighth grade. I grew up with some pretty wealthy classmates. When I was little I remember wondering why my family...

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Achieving Everything, While Doing Nothing

By Taryn Why are the Kardashians famous? At this point it seems like that question has become some inside American joke that can only be answered by the response, "I don't know?" Let me take a stab at...

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"I Only Work Here, I Don't Do CPR"

By Craig By now you have probably heard the sad story of the 87-year-old woman who died while a bystander refused to perform CPR on her. And no, the bystander wasn't her ex-husband. Actually, the...

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Giving Up Is Easy. Fighting Is Hard

By Taryn There a lot of times in my life where I have recalled just wanting to give up. Times such as finals week, bad breakups, or when I've gone weeks without a decent nights sleep. I got through...

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The Worm In North Korea?

By Taryn I watch a lot of TV, so needless to say I hear a lot of crazy news stories on a daily basis. And I don't even watch FOX News. As I was watching Anderson Cooper 360 on a recent Monday night,...

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