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May.15.2013
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Years ago, when I first got started in the emergency services, an old medic told me, “Son, if you plan to stay in this business, you’d better learn to love coffee.”
I never did (although I certainly did...
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May.08.2013
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Many challenges face a couple in modern society. Raising children, paying bills, sharing a bathroom, having a conversation …
Assembling...
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May.02.2013
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I try never to write two serious columns in a row – this is supposed to be, after all, a humor column. After last week’s diatribe about terrorism, I wanted to get back on the humor horse.
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Apr.17.2013
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One thing I find interesting about history is the way things come together in unexpected ways.
Yes, I find history interesting. That...
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Apr.04.2013
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“The Pope is a sissy,” said my friend, Howie Dunnit, who’s always full of interesting ideas.
I took a few steps away from him. That’s...
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Mar.28.2013
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(My wife wrote a column for me this week because I was indisposed, which is to say I was in the hospital with agonizing abdominal pain. Emily tried to write it the way I would have, as if it was me writing. But it was shorter than my normal, and since I’m feeling a bit...
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Mar.23.2013
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Parents should never have to bury their children.
That’s not the way life’s supposed to work. Parents should go to their death beds...
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Mar.15.2013
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By the time you read this, the world may have ended. At least, that’s how some are treating the Sequester, which is apparently Latin for Apocalypse.
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Mar.07.2013
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I spent a lot of time in recent years thinking of cancer, which is strange because most of the men in my family seem to drop dead of heart attacks. You’d think I’d spend all my time making sure everyone...
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Feb.28.2013
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Well, it finally happened: President Obama said something I agree with.
He wants to get rid of the penny.
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