Lillybee and Don are tying the knot. In an unintended romantic consequence of the pandemic . . .
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6/30/22
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If you have fond memories of flying someplace for summer fun, well, you can just wipe that fantasy out of your head.
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6/23/22
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Is it too late to bring back King George III? We had all the right intentions in 1776, and a terrific starting lineup, but we seem to be making a mess of this experiment called democracy.
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6/16/22
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Have you ever fallen for a scam? In the old days, for which we can only feel nostalgia, there was the kind of sweet three-card Monte . . .
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6/9/22
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Relatives of the Uvalde, Texas, schoolchildren were taken to a “reunification” center after the gunman did his work. That struck me — the word reunification.
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6/2/22
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Two Sundays ago my husband tested positive for Covid-19. He was at home on the East Coast and I was visiting grandkids on the West Coast. It was the very last night of my trip; he called to say he had a cold . . .
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5/26/22
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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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