A book signing by a promising debut novelist and an "American Idol"-style sing off at the World War II Museum top the list of must-do events in the New Orleans area on Tuesday. John Milliken ...

When our kids were young, I briefly considered home schooling. Then I was teaching our son to play piano, found myself with the John Thompson Book for Beginners rolled up in my hand, ready to swat ...

Then I was teaching our son to play piano, found myself with the John Thompson Book for Beginners rolled up in my hand, ready to swat him on the arm and realized I was not home-school material.

Then I was teaching our son to play piano, found myself with the John Thompson book for beginners rolled up in my hand, ready to swat him on the arm, and realized I was not homeschool material.

Then I was teaching our son to play piano, found myself with the John Thompson Book for Beginners rolled up in my hand, ready to swat him on the arm, and realized I was not homeschool material.