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David Trinko: Enjoying the immaturity of an 8-year-old

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We danced together outside the store. We sang along to songs we barely knew. We chased each other around the house.

Michael Reagan: How to put America back on track

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Can someone please tell me where anything good is happening in the U.S.?

Lori Borgman: When plans sour and the wind howls

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Special dates on a calendar are punctuation marks in what could otherwise be one long, winding, rambling sentence spanning years. They are restful pauses, a contrast to the routine, something to look forward to.

John Grindrod: When celebrities walk among the common folks

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For everyone I know, seeing someone famous is rare unless you paid to see him or her on stage or at an athletic venue. When it happens, it always seems to give someone a story destined to be repeated.

Reghan Winkler: How to donate to Hurricane Ian victims safely

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Hurricane Ian officially made its first U.S. landfall in Cayo Costa, Florida as a strong Category 4 storm and slowly continued across the state, before exiting into the Atlantic as a tropical storm. Once in the Atlantic, it reformed into a Category 1 hurricane and blasted the South Carolina coast a week ago last Friday.

Legal-Ease: If I sell some ground, what kind of taxes am I looking at?

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The price of real estate, like almost all other parts of the economy, is increasing. Even professional real estate auctioneers and agents cannot know the exact sale price that a piece of property may bring.

Ron Lora: Mount Rushmore remains popular and controversial

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Aficionados of Mount Rushmore have said that October should be designated as the month of Mount Rushmore. The actual carving of the famous monument began October 1927 and was completed in October 1941. Keen observers deem October as the best month in which to view the popular monument that immortalizes presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, but summer is the most popular time for visitors, 2.5 million of whom chose to visit Rushmore last year.

Dr. Jessica Johnson: Rap culture and violence

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After the tragic murder of Philadelphia-born rapper PnB Rock in Los Angeles on Sept. 12, I noticed several articles making urgent pleas to his...

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Congress taking big step toward fixing elections

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The House committee hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021, invasion of the Capitol performed a useful educational service by detailing how former President Donald Trump incited the insurrection and rejected pleas to stop it.

Holy Cow! History: A hurricane, a rabbi and a new life in America

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Storms should never be taken lightly. Hurricane Ian is a fresh reminder of what we know too well, that nature’s beauty can turn savage when the skies darken and the winds pick up.