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Terri Connett
Columnist - May 9, 2020 in Columnists
Black lives shattered
Here we fucking go again. An innocent, unarmed, young black man is “mistaken,” by white vigilantes, to be the perpetrator of a string of neighborhood break-ins. But does this end in a citizen’s arrest? Do these dufus do-rights hold their suspect and call the authorities?...
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Terri Connett
Columnist - April 9, 2020 in Columnists
Window visits with Dad
I know how lucky I am that my dad, and all the residents and staff at his senior home, are healthy and so far, virus-free. But I'm also terrified that everything could change in an instant.
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Maya Stiles Parsons Spier
Columnist, Editor-in-Chief - March 30, 2020 in Columnists
Did you think Trump couldn’t get worse? Read on.
You don’t necessarily need atomic bombs to destroy a nation. Politicians who value their pockets more than the life of citizens always do that every day. Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders’ Ladder And just when I am convinced that the orange pustule the Electoral College and corrupt...
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Maya Stiles Parsons Spier
Columnist, Editor-in-Chief - March 24, 2020 in Columnists
World dips and the silence of the overwhelmed mind
When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity. John F. Kennedy In the midst of all my quashed down panic — because panic and worry won’t change a damned thing — the place...
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Terri Connett
Columnist - March 23, 2020 in Columnists
He’s not a shipping clerk
On March 19th, during one of his self-congratulatory performances, masquerading as a press conference, President Snippy said, "Governors are supposed to be doing a lot of this work ...
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Terri Connett
Columnist - March 17, 2020 in Columnists
Social distancing
Pre-debate, both Bernie and Joe hinted they were going to use this platform to bring the party together to beat President Perfect.
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Carolyn Wyler
Columnist and C.E.O. - March 13, 2020 in Columnists
Quarantined
The positives of the Corona virus quarantine: 1. Some amazing staff at Hotel Travis, who, all day long are having to deal with angry people and bombarded with questions that they don’t know the answers to, but still manage to maintain a sense of calm...
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Carolyn Wyler
Columnist and C.E.O. - March 8, 2020 in Columnists
C of uncertainty
Normally, a 15-day cruise to Hawaii would be one of those once in a lifetime dream vacations and our dream vacation was turning out to be quite fabulous, up until a couple of days ago when things took a drastic turn. We were supposed to...
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JL Nash
- February 29, 2020 in Columnists
Bigotry unmasked
It is the moment I get up from the wooden breakfast table looking out over a tropical beach, wind whipping and fish visibly rushing to meet a couple of anglers, that a flash of searing pain rips through me. I’ve been breakfasting with my friend...
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