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Where There is No Doctor
When my wife and I enlisted in the Peace Corps and went overseas, our government sent us to a place where there was no medical clinic, no hospital…
Mar 27
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To the Parched, a Drink
Peace is a desert flower, lonely, hardy, eager. It is always ready. It has to be. Not since World War II has there been so much violence in so many…
Mar 21
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Fashionable Frugality
Wherever people gather and whatever is up for discussion, there comes a time when pretty much everything has been said but not everyone has said it. So…
Mar 13
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Contrasts in Courage
Hypocrites say one thing but do another, saying what they say because they know it’s right, doing what they do because it’s conveniently advantageous…
Mar 6
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Mike McCabe
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February 2024
Opus DEI
It was too significant to be the very last sentence of a story below the fold on page 8 of last Friday’s newspaper. But there it was. A school…
Feb 27
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Mike McCabe
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Greening the News Deserts
Freedom—the very embodiment of the American experiment—is gravely threatened. Democracy is the beating heart of freedom and is in functional decline in…
Feb 21
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Why He Might
Took me long enough. Had to take small doses, could only stomach so much in one sitting. For the last month, been reading The Atlantic magazine’s…
Feb 15
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Scared Swiftless
Forty years ago in a long-lost place, I worked for a short spell for three Republican state legislators. Only one of the three would stand any chance of…
Feb 7
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When the Fever Breaks
Many have observed that bad news travels fast while good news takes the scenic route. That holds true for the most part. But not with evolving global…
Feb 1
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January 2024
Wiping the Smile from Dad's Eyes
Public confidence in America’s institutions continues to fall. Business and industry. The church. Public schools. The military. Journalism. Medical…
Jan 24
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Wisconsin's Hard Fall
For many a generation, Wisconsin was America’s weather vane. If you wanted to know which direction our nation was headed, my home state would tell you…
Jan 17
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Passing on a Blind Corner
Judy Woodruff’s on-the-road reports for PBS Newshour on the forces dividing our country are good television, making eyes open, minds boggle, heads shake…
Jan 10
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