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We Must All Hate the Puppy Stomper
I, Amanda Louisa Winchell, being of sound mind, pretty good body, and only two weeks from sixth grade graduation, hereby declare that I hate Tobin Balmforth Jones. I know his full name because I heard...
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Independence Day, a Sunday
This year, the United States’ Independence Day falls on a Sunday, my Sabbath. (I realize it’s not everyone’s Sabbath.) The Sabbath has long seemed to me ideal for “the heav’n-rescued land” to “praise...
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The Afghanistan Rescue and the American Spirit
Displayed on a shelf in my home office is a wool cap from Afghanistan, a pakul or kapul, depending on which regional language you choose. It’s flat on top, and the fabric is thick and coarse. It can...
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September 11: Today We Remember
Today, twenty years after September 11, 2001, we remember. (Next week, sometime, we should talk.) For me the most striking, most inspiring memories involve the brave men and women who ran toward the...
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Just in Case: Christmas vs. the Grinch
Dr. Anthony Fauci walked back his Grinch-like verbal ranging shot against Christmas last week, but the only thing we know about what he’ll say tomorrow is, there’s a good chance it won’t be what he...
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Perspectives on Ukraine (1 & 2): Feelings and History
It began a few weeks before Russian forces invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022. People who know me began asking me what I thought of the situation. I studied that area of the world formally for some...
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Perspectives on Ukraine (3 & 4): Putin’s Sanity and a Clear Line
Last time, I wrote of my feelings about Russia and Ukraine and described pieces of the two nations’ history together. It was both a disclosure and a starting point for discussing the present war and...
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David’s Opinionated 2022 Election Guide: US House and Senate
As before, in my 2022 election guide I’ll comment almost exclusively on races which appear on my own ballot. This post looks at two races for national office; the next will consider state, county, and...
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David’s Opinionated 2022 Election Guide – State, County, and Local Races
Among the contested races and measures on my 2022 election ballot are races for Utah State Treasurer, Utah State House District 53, Utah County Commission Seat A, Utah County Clerk, Alpine School...
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2022 Election Results and Reflections
We’re less than eight weeks past Election Day, that increasingly fuzzy temporal landmark, and I don’t want to speak too soon, but I think the 2022 election is finally over. Georgia’s routine, belated...
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