The things we carry to this Memorial Day, 2022, are freighted with more recent events than past battles. On the last Monday in May, we look back . . .
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5/19/22
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Thirty years after the fact, I’ve decided to write about a personal time in my life.
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5/12/22
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I may be dead right. Nearly two years ago, I wrote a column suggesting that, in the fight against Covid-19, our elders would be sacrificed. Last week . . .
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5/5/22
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Last night, having been off my devices all day and peacefully oblivious to the news, I turned on the TV as I slipped into bed just to catch up. Now, you know and I know that I shouldn’t have done that . . .
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4/28/22
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This week the three major religions of the world marked their holy days in calendric synchrony. Over the same few days,
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4/21/22
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If you don’t have a sister, I urge you to get one, preferably a younger one, so you can boss her around. But in a pinch, any age will do . . .
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4/14/22
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I’m afraid if you didn’t cut your hair in March, potty train your 2-year-old, castrate your farm animals, quit smoking or get married, you probably missed the optimal moment for such events.
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4/7/22
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Arriving at age 75, alive, intact, and ready to roll into the future, I would like to share some reflections on the last seven-plus decades.
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3/31/22
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As the sun sails northward and we stand in the doorway known as spring, between a stark winter and a hopeful-looking summer, there is a passion to embrace life again . . .
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3/24/22
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Suddenly, a weekly newspaper seems just the right place to be talking about a war unfolding in real time. As I wrote last week . . .
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3/17/22
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