Friday's Post
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Remembering the bad to cherish the good
As keepsakes go, it’s a bit unusual. I carry it to remind me each day of denial, of pain, of joy and of hope. Not everyone’s pocket contains an old contact lens case as a daily reminder of an unending life-and-death struggle.
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Beware the dangers of digital diarrhea!
At the risk of offending the sensibilities of my readers, I intentionally chose the last “d” word in the headline because I want to shock you into reading what I have to say.
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How a poet remains undiscovered
It started innocently enough with some high school guys joking about teachers. As I walked away, I had a brainstorm. Why not write an anonymous poem making fun of those folks?
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A clash of ideologies with lives at stake
As I sat listening to the discussion of personal privacy versus the public’s right to know, I couldn’t help but remember my mother, gone for more than 25 years but very near during that hour in a hotel meeting room last week in Lexington.
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Beating up the messenger never goes out of style
Last week’s mail brought us a scathing letter from a highly respected person who took us to the woodshed over the recent content of our newspaper. He roundly criticized us for the epidemic of crime stories which have dominated our front pages for weeks, including the holidays.
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A pool hall education is not easily forgotten
The classic 1961 movie, “The Hustler,” is about two pool sharks portrayed by Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason. Watching that movie always brings back memories of my misspent youth and the many hours I hung out in the pool hall in my hometown.
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The publisher’s prognostications for 2012
In case you haven’t noticed, the year of 2011 departed last weekend and now we are six days into the new year. To help ease the transition, I’ve prepared some predictions that could or should but might not happen in 2012.
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Putting a human face on immigration
His name is not really important but we’ll call him “Miguel” for convenience. I believe that translates to “Michael” in Spanish. He came to the United States from Mexico at the age of 14.
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Like Christmas, the song comes back each year
We sang “Silent Night” in church last Sunday and I had the same flashback I have each year when that beautiful hymn first signals the Christmas season.
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Live football in December…who needs it?
Paul Brown Stadium has sat since 2000 on the banks of the Ohio River in downtown Cincinnati. It is the home of the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. The stadium has 65,535 seats but not all of them have been filled on game day for several years. As promised here weeks ago, I led part of my clan to Cincinnati last Sunday to watch the Bengals take on the Houston Texans and to have a three-generation bonding experience.
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