Author Archives
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KEEPING AN EYE ON POTENTIAL FALLOUT
“That’s all anybody can do right now. Live. Hold out. Survive. I don’t know whether good times are coming back again. But I know that won’t matter if we don’t survive these times.” ― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the… Read More ›
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IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS…
“The fact is, parents and schools and cultures can and do shape people. The most important influence in my life, outside of my family, was my high school journalism teacher, Hattie M. Steinberg. She pounded the fundamentals of journalism into… Read More ›
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LOVE AND EDUCATION, TWO KEY INGREDIENTS
“the worst part about being lied to is knowing you weren’t worth the truth” ― Jean-Paul Sartre “A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things. ” ― Herman Melville I hesitate to share a story… Read More ›
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A BUNDLE OF NEWS
“You see, they think they’re saving you, and you think you’re saving them. That’s where the trouble starts. Someone says, ‘I saved you, now here’s what I want.’ And its the same with big countries and little ones, religious leaders… Read More ›
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PRAY FOR A BETTER WEEK
“Men imagine that they communicate their virtue or vice only by overt actions, and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance “I may be asked whether I am a prince… Read More ›
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REFLECTIONS AND ANOTHER LOOK AT HB 2229
“If all my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would soon regain all the rest” ― Daniel Webster “Like so many other pathological personalities in… Read More ›
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A RETURN TO REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING.
“To cut off the confusion and accept an answer just because it’s too scary not to have an answer is a good way to get the wrong answer.” ― Janet Jackson, True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself… Read More ›
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WHAT HAVE 50 YEARS BROUGHT?
“The best thing for being sad,” replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, “is to learn something. That’s the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening… Read More ›
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IN SEARCH OF THE ELUSIVE WHITE WHALE
“If you’re going to lead people, you have to have somewhere to go.” ― S.E. Hinton, Rumble Fish “It is simple to follow the easy and familiar path of personal ambition and private gain. It is more comfortable to sit… Read More ›
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NOTHING HAPPENS IN A SILO
“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I… Read More ›
