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“We’ve got spirit — yes, we do! We’ve got spirit! How ‘bout you?!” Then went the other side… “We’ve got spirit — yes, we do! We’ve got spirit! How ‘bout you?!” And after a few more back-and-forths of the familiar, middle school cheer, one side would
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Ah, yes, it’s a new year… time to make or not make resolutions. No pressure, friends. While we may hear bold pronouncements of wanting to eat healthier, hit the gym, or maybe even ensuring we end no more phone conversations by adding an accidental “love you” to a random
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As a question advocate — asking questions for the purpose of solution — let us begin with five significantly pressing questions for the year ahead… questions that are respectively asked… but granted, still aren’t all that easy to answer… Question #1: What’s an effective, next step approach to Covid? Let’
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As is no secret, lots of thoughts go through my head lots of hours of the day. Some are random. Some are huge… What’s my purpose? … how can I grow? … how can I be a positive influence in my every interaction this day?… One “big life” question that often
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[Beautifully written by Jennifer Finney Boylan, a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, published 3 years ago…] * * * * * It was my first Boxing Day in retail. There I was, sitting at the returns desk at Classics Books in Midtown Manhattan, 1980. A woman in a mink coat angrily dropped
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I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day Their old familiar carols play, And wild and sweet the words repeat Of peace on earth, good will to men. I thought how, as the day had come, The belfries of all Christendom Had rolled along the unbroken song Of peace on earth,
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We basically have one week. I speak not of the number of shopping days left. Neither do I dismiss the beauty of the recent Hanukkah celebration. I speak of how many days left we get to practice. Or at least think we do. Knowing Christmas is coming, the goose is
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The best thing I’ve read this past week was a piece written by Ronald Bailey for the January 2022 issue of Reason. He takes a humble stab at attempting to answer the age-old question of why — especially in politics — is it so hard to admit we are wrong.
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Multiple legal trials have vied for our attention in recent weeks. It’s been interesting observing the verdicts unfold. It’s been equally interesting observing those who have strong opinions on what the verdict should/should not be. No judgment, friends. I get it. I’ve done it, too. I’
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Robert Joseph Dole passed away this week. Coming from humble, meager beginnings, he was a phenomenal high school athlete, on his way to potentially continuing that stardom at the University of Kansas. His collegiate and athletic career, however, would be interrupted by World War II. Dole enlisted in the United
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It isn’t rocket science to acknowledge we’re experiencing a shortage of many things these days… Labor… For months we’ve heard employers bemoan they simply can’t find enough people to work. Labor experts tell us workers haven’t returned after the onset of the pandemic; some lost
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Sometimes I’m not certain how much we get it. When a child is born, for example, as future parents, we spend so much time dreaming and scheming and planning and shaping all that we will teach them. And indeed, what a sweet opportunity. But I wonder then if we’