Thirty–something speaks
I resolve not to drink out of the toilet
      It
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It’s not a criticism, it’s an observation.
A walk in the woods with Dad = the best present
      It stands alone in the back of the closet; dusty, neglected, nearly forgotten. I remove it on occasion just to brush the residue from the barrel. When I take the gun in my hands, time retreats nearly four decades. I
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Heading home for holidays
      Young Andy is at a Christmas party with some of his teenaged friends. Most of them are sophomores at a Porter County, Indiana, high school. Andy looks at his wristwatch and notices it
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No Child Left Behind is ruining education
By Warner M. Montgomery Warner@TheColumbiaStar.com
      When President Bush sent legislation for No Child Left Behind (NCLB) to Congress in 2002, it received overwhelming bi
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