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I was out and about Monday morning, busy with my usual Monday morning activities, when yellow buses and kids on street corners reminded me it was the first day of school.  It also reminded me that, for the first time in 15 years, I wasn't a part of it.  Talk about bittersweet. My youngest graduated from high school last spring, so back-to-school nights, sports dinners and soccer games are now part of my past. I will miss them.  There are things about the high school years I won't miss. What I won't miss the most are the enablers, the cool parents who buy booze for their teens and turn a blind eye to pot use in a misguided attempt to keep their kids safely home. But what about the kids who don't happen to live there? Those who will climb into their cars and drive home?  How the cool parents rationalize these ethical lapses is beyond me and has been since I was in high school. Happily, there's a new ordinance in the offing just for them, courtesy of the...
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