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I used to buy a local paper when we traveled so I could learn more about the community we were visiting. But in recent years it has become rare to find…
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The disaster movie starts and when bad things start to happen, a scientist always warns the people to change course. But the people never listen. That’s…
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We first see a little girl counting as she plucks the petals from a daisy. A countdown starts -- and then a mushroom cloud fills the screen. This was an…
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At last Thursday’s Democratic debate Pete Buttigieg said something I hadn’t heard before. “I know you're only ever supposed to say middle class and not…
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Because of the current impeachment hearings, Richard Nixon’s name has come up a lot recently. His second term was cut short by the Watergate scandal and…
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The sight of a policeman greeted worshippers as they arrived at DeKalb’s synagogue in late September to celebrate the Jewish New Year. The reason for the…
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I recently read an extraordinary memoir written a few years ago by my dad’s cousin. Isaac was born in 1938 into a family in crisis. His mother’s mental…
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It was September 1776, just two months after the American colonies had declared their independence from Britain. British naval commander Richard Howe…
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Elections have consequences. That’s what we heard after the 2016 election and of course it was true. President Trump went on a deregulatory orgy aimed at…