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  • IF IT’S NOT THIS, IT’S THAT

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    “It was always the view of my parents…that hot weather encouraged loose morals among young people.” ― Ian McEwan “The source of my difficulties has always been the same: an inability to accept what to others seems natural, and an… Read More ›

  • A CONVOLUTED PATH FORWARD

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    “You’re the only one that you are screwin’, when you put down what you don’t understand.” ― Kris Kristofferson “She liked to argue, especially with people who were serious about weird ideas they swore were true.” ― Elmore Leonard, Up… Read More ›

  • A QUESTION OF FOOTING THE BILL

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    “To admit error and cut losses is rare among individuals, unknown among states. States function only in terms of what those in control perceive as power or personal ambition, and both of these wear blinkers.” ― Barbara W. Tuchman, A… Read More ›

  • WHAT NEXT?

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    “She found it hard to believe that there would be any bold moves, because too many people had dirty flour in their bags, and people with filthy fingers are hardly enthusiastic about digging up the past.” ― Sofi Oksanen, Puhdistus… Read More ›

  • THE WINDS OF CHANGE

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    “The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” ― Bertrand Russell “You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you mad.” ― Aldous… Read More ›

  • POISED ON A PRECIPICE

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    “Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.” ― Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock “As a lobbyist he had long ago concluded there was no difference in how Democrats and Republicans conducted the business of government. The… Read More ›

  • CONTINUED REFORMER SHENANIGANS

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    “Be kind and considerate with your criticism… It’s just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.” ― Malcolm Cowley “People were not peaches. Like guns and saddles, they were all the better… Read More ›

  • A SERIES OF VIGNETTES

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    “I don’t think I could love you so much if you had nothing to complain of and nothing to regret. I don’t like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and of little value. Life hasn’t… Read More ›

  • NOTES FROM THE FRONT LINE

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    “I don’t like to see Shakespeare in a theater. I like to see Shakespeare in the park.” ― Neil Simon, 45 Seconds from Broadway “Perhaps the choice was neither right nor wrong. It only existed.” ― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey… Read More ›

  • REFLECTIONS ON THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR FROM AN 8TH GRADE STUDENT

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    Cosette Sullenberger is an 8th grader at Bellevue Middle School. She was kind enough to write down her thoughts and reflections on a school year that abruptly ended this Spring. It was my intention to share this on Tuesday, but… Read More ›