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"Old Man River & Me," written with Mark Knudsen.

 


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Friday
Dec311999

Exercise your right to not vote

We have a mistaken, unchallenged notion that voting makes us better people and a better nation. But not voting should be an indication you care so much that you want to send some candidates a message that you don’t approve of either of them or their tactics.

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Friday
Dec311999

When toys were designed to disappoint

Many toys made while I grew up promised great technological advancement and futuristic fun, but often didn’t work as advertised.

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Friday
Dec311999

The day I was a cowboy

Cattle truck crash brings out herding memories in a neighborhood far-removed from the farm.

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Friday
Dec311999

Choosing to criticize Jack Kennedy not because it is easy, but because it is hard

President Kennedy became a legendary and almost mythological figure after he was assassinated in 1963. To someone like me born in 1964, he was portrayed as a revered figure on par with our great presidents, Lincoln and Washington. In this column written on the 30th anniversary of his death in 1993, I took a look at Kennedy and wondered how he attained such lionization.

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Friday
Dec311999

When Winter Olympics triumph inevitably falls flat

Recounting the tragic story of Sved Zhamarinkslope, the inspiring 1992 Winter Olympics ice skater from the tiny nation of Waytoocoldland and how his moment of glory slipped away.

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