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They had to be dragged into it kicking and screaming, but Nancy Pelosi and the House Democrats finally got around to giving America a nice holiday present by starting impeachment proceedings against …
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12/18/19
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Congratulations, America! We’ve made it through yet another election season. I hope that everyone found something in the recent results to be happy about, whether locally or nationally. I …
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11/14/19
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(Screwdisk is executive vice president for sales and acquisitions for HellCorp North America. Scumbucket is his nephew. The inspiration comes from CS Lewis’s “The Screwtape …
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10/30/19
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The recent kerfuffle now known as “Sharpiegate”—in which Donald Trump (or one of his staffers) clumsily edited a hurricane forecast map to include the possibility that Dorian could …
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9/18/19
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In his memoir “Woodstock Nation,” Abbie Hoffman paints a telling portrait of himself at the festival’s end, staggering aimlessly around the deserted, trash-strewn field, stoned out …
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8/28/19
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While I was growing up in the south in the ‘60s, and discriminatory “Jim Crow” practices were slowly being dismantled, I would frequently see signs at restaurants and gas stations …
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7/26/19
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I want to focus on, and draw some connections between, a few recent and upcoming dates.
Sunday, June 16, was of course Father’s Day. I hope you were able to celebrate it in a fulfilling way. …
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7/5/19
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Last time, you may recall, I talked a bit about Mississippi’s Rep. Noah Sweat and his famous “If By Whiskey” speech. The inspiration for that column came after some online …
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5/15/19
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On Friday, April 4, 1952, a 29-year-old Mississippi state representative named Noah Sweat delivered a speech at a dinner banquet for his fellow legislators. He was nearing the end of his only term in …
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4/17/19
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Reports of Lyndon LaRouche’s recent death prompted a flurry of responses on the internet, most asking the same question: “Are they sure??” You may not have heard of LaRouche, but …
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2/20/19
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A friend of mine recently turned me on to an interesting book by William Bridges, called “The Way of Transition: Embracing Life’s Most Difficult Moments.” Bridges, a well-known …
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1/16/19
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First of all, dear reader, let me say: congratulate yourself. This wasn’t an easy year to get through, and you’ve (just about) gotten through it. Next year, well, that will have its own …
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12/26/18
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In the past few months, I’ve been trying to make the case that American society in the age of Trump functions very much like an addict—an addict that will soon be confronted with an …
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11/14/18
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Next time you’re in Honesdale, PA, give yourself a treat and drive (or walk!) up to Irving Cliff. It’s an ideal spot for a family picnic or a romantic moment, and the view it provides of …
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10/17/18
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HONESDALE, PA — In March of 2017, the New Beginnings birth center at Wayne Memorial Hospital (WMH) announced the introduction of some exciting new technology: “tele-neonatalogy.” …
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10/3/18
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Hopscotch, baseball, lemonade—some may remember childhood as a relatively simple and carefree time, removed from the pressures of adulthood. But it has its own unique stresses, dangers and …
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9/26/18
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Whether it’s erasers, EKGs, surgical staples, or surgical suites, everything in a hospital costs money—including, of course, the personnel that keep the place running and perform needed …
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9/26/18
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Besides the Lord’s Prayer itself, this might well be the most well-known of prayers: “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I …
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9/19/18
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If we can speak of such a thing as an American “national psyche,” then I don’t think anyone—right, left or center—would even try to pretend that ours is in any sense …
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8/15/18
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I don’t understand Facebook’s algorithms—you know, those little subroutines that determine which posts (and which ads) are displayed for you and me at any given moment. But every …
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7/18/18
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