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Unspoken testimony may say it all

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One of the most telling bits of information from last week’s meeting of the House select committee looking into the death of Black motorist Ronald Greene is what wasn’t said.

How us common folk can cope with rising inflation

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Finally, people have found something to agree about.

Biden faces ‘terrible, terrible’ decisions

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“It’s a terrible, terrible decision that he faces.” That’s Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, on CNN, describing President Biden’s dilemma as Vladimir Putin escalates his attacks on Ukraine, civilian casualties mount, and a horrified world watches on social media.

Ukraine under seige, a profile in courage

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It is an undoubtedly good and positive thing for America and the world to witness unvarnished courage and bravery. That’s what we are seeing from the Ukrainian people and their indomitable president, Volodymyr Zelensky. From the beginning, President Zelensky has made clear his intent — and that of his countrymen — to fight the barbaric and unjustified invasion of his country by the Russians.

Parents need not lie in the beds children make

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The contemporary parenting ideal consists of equal parts fixer, go-fer, and friend, which is why, when it is encountered in the flesh by someone of my ancient age, the new definition of a “good parent” seems so out of whack. Our parents were anything but the new ideal, as evidenced by one of their favorite parenting aphorisms: “You made this bed; therefore, YOU will lie in it.”

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Isn’t technology a wonderful thing? If you think about how far we’ve come in the past 25 years when it comes to being able to bring the world closer together at your fingertips, it’s mind boggling.

History tells us to take tyrants like Putin seriously

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The world seemed surprised when Hitler annexed the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia in 1938. More surprised when he invaded Poland in 1939 and flabbergasted when he marched into the Soviet Union in 1941.

Cat’s 11th life somewhere up in a tree

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During the inky darkness of a moon-deprived night, we heard the dog barking furiously at … something.

What kind of chess player are you?

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I’ve been listening to a lot of chess videos lately.

Welcoming a wave of Ukrainian refugees

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Avram Rogowsky grew up in Bialystok, then a part of the Russian Empire and now in Poland, near its eastern border with Belarus. In 1914, he escaped from the czar’s army, boarded a ship for Palestine and planned to send for his betrothed, Miriam Wasilsky.