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Pushing for change: Much patience, perseverance required when you get involved

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Be Lee Hamilton One of the gifts of living in a representative democracy is that voting is only one of the rights it confers. For...

First Amendment protects cross, too

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<strong>THE GAZETTE (COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) (TNS)</strong> Give thanks for the First Amendment, which could save us from a dangerous ruling by two activists on the...

First Amendment protects cross, too

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THE GAZETTE (COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) (TNS) Give thanks for the First Amendment, which could save us from a dangerous ruling by two activists on the...

Simple strategies whip Thanksgiving into shape

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By Cherie Lowe Earlier this month, my husband and I returned the edits on our manuscript for a new book we’re writing together. After hitting...

Letter: Having licensed journalists may not be such a bad idea

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<strong>To the editor:</strong> I was "with Dan Thomasson" for the first four paragraphs of his review of gun rights in the U.S ("It's a start;...

Letter: Having licensed journalists may not be such a bad idea

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To the editor: I was "with Dan Thomasson" for the first four paragraphs of his review of gun rights in the U.S ("It's a start;...

Adding words: This is the language that never ends adding words my friends

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By Janet Hommel Mangas I was just getting used to the new words list published by Oxford English Dictionary, which as we all know is...

Adding words: This is the language that never ends adding words my friends

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<strong>By Janet Hommel Mangas</strong> I was just getting used to the new words list published by Oxford English Dictionary, which as we all know is...

Marrying for better or worse, but not lunch

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Now that Mary Ellen has retired and I’m significantly cutting back on work, we often end up being home together around noon. In many homes,...

Demographics changing for schools

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By Maryann O. Keating Between 1992 and 2005, U.S. government spending on K-12 education, adjusted for inflation, doubled. However, per-pupil spending in the nation’s public schools...