Tag: family
member name: John M.
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November 22, 2006 11:05 PM EST --
Consider for a moment the vast population of retires who have owned and lived in their home for many years. The equity in those houses has grown as their mortgages have been paid down and as price appreciation . . . more
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March 01, 2007 10:57 AM EST --
It was only yesterday when I suggested that Al Gore was a better prospect for the Presidency than either Hillary Clinton, who really hasn't earned the distinction of deserving to be considered for . . . more
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November 20, 2006 11:02 AM EST --
The Milford Mall sits roughly equidistant between the cities of New Haven and Bridgeport Connecticut. During the week shoppers from the surrounding suburbs mix easily with those who drive in or take public . . . more
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February 22, 2007 12:34 PM EST --
I was driving home late one night with my wife and oldest son. It was a heavily wooded setting we had traveled thousands of times before. There were no man-made landmarks along the curving country road. . . . more
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October 29, 2006 07:55 AM EST --
Architects design buildings to house particular functions or activities. A school is constructed to gather people in clusters we call class rooms in which the chairs face toward the front blackboard. The . . . more
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November 22, 2006 06:36 PM EST --
Habits of a lifetime rarely, if ever, change. Under ordinary circumstances, habits develop because they seem to work and they continue just so long as those benefits recur. What happens when something . . . more
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January 16, 2007 11:53 AM EST --
An interesting but puzzling article was on display in today's New York Times. For the first time, a majority of women 51% are unmarried and not living with a spouse. Thus 49% of women are married and . . . more
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February 03, 2007 10:36 AM EST --
All the national media whether paper or electronic, including even the screen entertainment genre are engaged in a mindless frenzy of gathering and depicting violence, threat, and absolute horror for . . . more
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January 16, 2007 10:04 AM EST --
What is to be done about below average academic performance in our schools? Any serious attempt to address this question has to consider the major causes. Some of the culprits identified and targeted by . . . more
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January 22, 2007 11:41 AM EST --
You get to know a rural or suburban neighborhood differently when you jog through it rather than drive. For one thing, there are no car windows nor a blaring radio to muffle or totally block the surrounding . . . more
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December 11, 2006 02:43 PM EST --
Today's papers tell us that Walmarts' roll out of a discount drug prescription program, first introduced in Tampa, will very soon be introduced throughout Florida and then, almost immediately, . . . more
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January 19, 2007 03:28 PM EST --
Can civilization survive contending religions each of which is convinced of it's own exceptionalism?‚
The wall of separation between church and state that worked so well among the Western . . . more
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January 11, 2007 10:28 AM EST --
Why did Barbara Walters, so obviously, read her simple statement about Donald Trump from a cue card in front of her on yesterdays showing of The View? It seemed odd in this otherwise spontaneous format, . . . more
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January 17, 2007 11:03 AM EST --
People reveal themselves in many ways but the things they choose to be surrounded by can provide particular insights about them. Implicit in this view is a corollary: the things not chosen can also be . . . more
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December 12, 2006 03:08 PM EST --
This article is written and directed only to members of the gather group "Independent Bent" Challenge questions for articles
What does it mean to be independent? . . . more
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November 22, 2006 06:54 PM EST --
The first time I got to the Pacific Coast in 1981 the redwood trees positively floored me. Their magnificence and beauty were only enhanced by the passage of time. They grew bigger and stronger the older . . . more
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November 22, 2006 07:10 PM EST --
We were under attack. My wife spied a couple of ants in our family room. They were coming from a dark corner next to the fireplace where a pile of magazines stood. Moving the bottom magazine revealed a . . . more
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January 23, 2007 05:27 PM EST --
People chronically complain about having to shovel snow. I suspect it is because they are so busy with other important matters that they resent having to sacrifice their free time to so menial and demeaning . . . more
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February 11, 2007 09:58 AM EST --
Does the remarkable popularity of the "End of Times" book series mean anything more than the corresponding popularity of the "Harry Potter" books? Are they both just inconsequential . . . more
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January 21, 2007 05:20 PM EST --
Houses have voices and they speak a language that can only be fully translated with accuracy after many years of living within. The relationship between the house and it's occupants is like that between . . . more
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