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Live for Today? Save for Tomorrow? How About a Little of Both
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Before you think this column is only for those of us with gray hair and degrees in Advanced Life Experience, I would encourage readers of all ages to remember one of Dr. Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Begin with the end in mind. It’s never too early, or too late, to think…
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The Path for Women
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With the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I was reminded how far women have come with rights and finances. It seemed like a good time to review and refresh how far we have come and what still needs to be done.
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The Powerful Voice of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s public speaking was similar to how she approached her strategy on behalf of the Women’s Rights Project of the ACLU in the 1970s: slowly, meticulously, carefully and just what is needed.
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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
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College Football Is Back… But What Comes Next?
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Amid the immediate euphoria of the Big Ten now trying to play in 2020, in the not-too-distant future we may recall this year college football and think of the phrase “penny wise and pound foolish.” Despite posturing on player safety, the rush to play the games is also being driven by television money. Because…
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Groundhog Day-Week-Month-Season
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The movie “Groundhog Day” has been oft-invoked during the pandemic year 2020 to express the feeling of so many of us that every housebound day feels like every other housebound day. But I’m not here to talk about “Groundhog Day,” the movie. My topic is Groundhog, the Devourer. If you grew a…
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Pickleball Turned Out to Be Just the Right Sport for Me. It Might Be for You Too
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Whether you are ready to get out now or will be looking forward to a new activity when you feel more comfortable interacting with others, I may just have the right sport for you to try.
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Media Literacy Is a Valuable Tool in a Time of COVID-19 Information Overload
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every day we learn more about COVID-19 and are inundated with figures, speculations, proclamations and prohibitions. How are we supposed to make sense of all this? How are we to determine what is fact and what is fiction? What will keep us healthy and what could make us sick? Who should we listen to
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Life in the COVID Era: 3 Friends Who Are Making It Work
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I enjoy the stories of those who are successfully coping with life despite the restrictions, cancellations and overall dreariness caused by COVID-19. Their positivity helps keep me going, so I decided to contact three of my favorite subjects from previous columns. None of these individuals has contr
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On a Silent Saturday, We’ll Remember Past Glory and Hold Hope for the Future
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Around noon this Saturday, no matter where we are, we’ll get the itch. We’ll know we should be in Beaver Stadium watching the birth of a new season as the kicker drives the football arcing end over end into the arms of a waiting kick returner. But like many things in 2020, it is not…