New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is being suspended for four games without pay for his alleged knowledge of the intentional under-inflation of footballs in the "Deflategate" scandal.
Teaching can be a difficult profession, there is little debate about that. And, while we would like to think that all teachers are wonderful and all students are even more so, that is certainly not always the case.
This week Comcast decided to back out of a deal to merge with Time Warner, a deal that was under federal scrutiny because of the possibility that it would create a behemoth in the cable industry.
Official numbers of those taking, and opting out, of this week's standardized tests in New York are not yet available but one thing is for certain. The number of those students who have opted out of the tests has grown.