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ItĢƵ time for a renaissance

One cloudy and rainy morning, just after the freakin’ time change (because nothing says “tyranny” like the government taking an hour of sleep away from us), I awoke from a dream so vivid that I believed I was a time traveler. In the dream, I was running down the street, trying to warn my ...

OP-ED: Gatsby: once smitten, always in love

Every summer for more than I can recall, I've read, or reread, two books, both by F. Scott Fitzgerald. One is the novel he was working on at the time of his death in 1940, at the age of 44 - “The Last Tycoon,” or more properly, “The Love of the Last Tycoon, A Western.” The other is ...

Editorial: Ditch the distraction

Drivers of a certain age might recall the days before cellphones encroached on our lives. It was an era free from constant communication with spouses, friends, co-workers and bosses. No text messages, no emails, no phone calls. No calendar alerts pinging reminders of forgotten ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: High-fives to the Titanium Titans Robotics Team, whose members will be traveling to Houston, Texas, next week to participate in the FIRST Championship, a global competition for high school robotics teams. Fresh off an award-winning regional showing last week in Tennessee with its ...

LETTER: Who paid for signs?

As a follow-up to the “‘Hands Off! Rally in Washington” article (April 7), I would like to know who financed the beautifully crafted signs for the rally. I’m curious to know whether it was a local individual or group, or maybe a national group like the Open Society Foundations funded by ...

LETTER: Sexual violence impacts everyone

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). This yearĢƵ campaign theme is “Together We Act, United We Change,” and focuses on ways that individuals, workplaces, school campuses, and communities can help to prevent sexual assault, harassment, and abuse. Nearly 1 in five women and 1 in ...