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    Housing Costs by Pat Bagley

    THE IMPORTANCE OF HOME OWNERSHIP

    Tom Purcell - May 19, 2024
    Mother’s Month - By Rivers

    FOR MOTHER’S DAY — TEACHING THE ART OF LAUGHTER

    Biden's Economy - By Dick Wright

    STILL LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM

    Technology vs Books - By Arcadio Esquivel, Costa Rica

    Reading More Books Is Good For America

    As St. Patrick's Day approaches, there are over a thousand items on Amazon perpetuating the offensive Irish stereotypes of conflating being Irish and drunk.

    Irish stereotypes are no laughing matter

    Tom Purcell - March 12, 2019
    My father has his work cut out for him this coming weekend, when we "spring forward" by setting clocks ahead by an hour before going to bed Saturday night.

    Why it takes my dad weeks to “spring forward”

    Tom Purcell - March 5, 2019
    Rather than actually paying down the U.S. debt, donations just reduce the amount of money our government will borrow as it continues massive deficits.

    Donations to pay down U.S. debt pointless

    Guest Contributor - February 26, 2019
    I'm so unhappy with my cable TV and Internet services that I'm going to do what I've long dreamed of doing and cancel my subscription.

    Living the cord-cutting dream

    Tom Purcell - February 20, 2019
    It's a shame that we need a special day to remind us to be kind. But Random Acts of Kindness Day is a start.

    Random Acts of Kindness Day set to remind: “Be kind”

    Tom Purcell - February 13, 2019
    Millions of younger Americans have not been taught cursive penmanship. But that's being rethought by no small number of educators.

    Time to embrace cursive handwriting again

    Tom Purcell - February 12, 2019
    Jimmy loved building and talking about cars and understood cars' unique contribution to American culture and history. Sadly, "car guys" are a dying breed.

    Tech is making “car guys” an endangered species

    Tom Purcell - January 29, 2019
    My problem with Girl Scout Cookies is personal. But, like everything else in our culture, some people have moral or political problems with them.

    Relax, people! They’re just Girl Scout Cookies

    Tom Purcell - January 23, 2019
    My dream is that one day, we'll realize Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream, embrace it, and act on it, fulfilling America's promise of equality for all.

    It’s up to us to realize Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream

    Tom Purcell - January 15, 2019
    Facebook, Google, and Alexa know way more about us than most people are aware.

    Alexa, why won’t you reply to my father?

    Tom Purcell - January 8, 2019
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