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One of the more astute observations made in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon was that life would never be the same again. That was obviously going to be the case in spots like New York City and Washington, and even elsewhere in the United States. But it wasn't so obvious to a lot of us living north of the U.S. border. More ... Obviously, Abraham Lincoln didn't know current Liberal Senator Dennis Dawson. But he sure knew his type. Which is why Lincoln described one prominent hypocrite "the man who murdered both his parents, and then when sentence was about to be pronounced pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan. More ... 100 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 25, 1907 + Four boys whose ages range from eight to 12 years, the sons of A. Brooks and George Leech, of Inistioge, were before Police Magistrate McGregor, of Dundalk, last week, charged by Henry Armstrong with breaking into his house. More ... People have been stopping on the street to sympathize with me regarding last week's story of abuse. But that article was NOT about me. It was a letter from a friend who graciously shared her inner journey. More ... One of the great oxymorons in our language is 'customer service.'At least it is if you think it means that you, as a customer, might get some service. Lately, it seems to fit more with the definition of service used by a cattle farming friend of mine. He talks about having his bull service his cows. More ... Since its 18th Century separation from the other developing nations that have a common heritage, the United States of America has claimed to be "different". Actually, it is one trans- Atlantic expression of British, European and other strains of human enterprise and genius. The Middle East has always thought of U.S. More ... Whenever we feel threatened and afraid, we tend to make rash and often bad decisions. This is true for individuals and for societies and countries. The most devastatingly bad decision is often to find someone to blame and then isolate and punish them. More ... |
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