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Ice Cream: Our Bipartisan Unifier
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At a time when the country seems split apart and the virus mounts every day, we need something to think and talk about that we can all agree we like – or at least, many of us can agree we like. I have just the topic.
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Kick Off Your Shoes and Get Grounded
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Since late October I fear our neighbors have been wondering if we’ve gone off the deep end. Looking out the windows of their houses they will see solitary figures standing or sitting stoically on the grass in our backyard, sometimes during the day, but often at night.
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The Top 10 Things I’ve Learned as a Parent
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On the daily walks my wife and I take, we’ve contemplated the key insights we’ve gotten from our years of child-rearing. We’ve talked about what important lessons we’ve received and how they’ve changed and molded our lives. And I decided on 10 I thought are worth sharing.
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Simple, Inexpensive Gifts Can Go a Long Way During This Pandemic Holiday Season
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I have a suggestion for a way you can memorialize this disjointed pandemic holiday season and give gifts that show you went the extra mile. Gifts that are modest and often inexpensive. Gifts that qualify as simple pleasures.
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In a Strange and Challenging Year, a Word of Support for Student-Athletes
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Instead of looking ahead, why don’t we look back at this past weekend to the Thanksgiving holiday to see if we had any positive experiences and thoughts?
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Opinion: Differing Opinions Don’t Call for Shaming
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Is it so difficult to believe that people with different opinions exist that some writers feel justified in name-calling and shaming these people?
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Presidential Races Get the Attention, but State and Local Elections Deserve Your Energy Too
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In spite of all the bluster and hullabaloo over this and every presidential election, a friend recently noted to me that as far as money is concerned, when voting we should be just as concerned, if not more so, about statewide and local elections.
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A Connection to Our Community and Personal Histories
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As I looked from headstone to headstone I felt a number of different emotions – astonishment, sadness, awe, surprise, wonder, intrigue.
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Some Pandemic Etiquette for Our Walks and Runs
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In an effort to make it easier for all of us to make it through this depression, I want to propose some etiquette rules for those of us getting exercise on the sidewalks and bike paths.
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Scapegoating Takes Us Down a Dangerous Path
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With the knowledge and hindsight of centuries of scapegoating we could hope that in today’s ever-more-informed society it would become a thing of the past. Something easily identified and halted before lives are ruined, or in the most disastrous and appalling instances, people are killed. Which is