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Over the past four years, and past four months, with each new disturbing piece of reality connected to this outgoing administration and each new assault…
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Today the Electoral College meets. Another failsafe in the long process to the transition of presidential power. This year it is more significant given…
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Now, in the second half of my life, with more years behind me than before me, my birthdays have taken on new meaning. Especially this year. My 67th…
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Events of the past week reminded me of the poem “Pity the Nation” written by Lawrence Ferlinghetti 13 years ago. I believe it captures much of our current…
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This is a unique perspective for me. I may be dead when you hear this.I write and record on the eve of my heart bypass surgery. Tomorrow morning they will…
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From the White House to street corners of Chicago, from 10:00 a.m. Sunday mornings to nightly AA meetings you will find this disease. It is sewn into the…
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May of 1963, at age 10, I sat watching Walter Cronkite report about police officers in Birmingham Alabama turning fire hoses and dogs on civil rights…
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COVID-19 has caused disruptions in how families get their food. That’s one reason why more people are growing their own. The concept of a victory garden…
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DeKalb County Community Gardens is a nonprofit organization dedicated to getting fresh produce to people who are experiencing food insecurity. According…
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The air is filled with spin words about “opening up and going back to normal.”The coronavirus, like Katrina and other disasters, has put a bright light on…