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Unchecked Patriot-ism
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I have loved Tom Brady more than is probably healthy.
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The kids are alright
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Early in November, three Suffield Observer volunteers and I were scheduled to speak to fifth graders at McAlister Intermediate School for a unit on journalism. Because of the pandemic, the show would be virtual.
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Don’t Be So Certain
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Question: Is Philadelphia the capital of Pennsylvania? How certain are you?
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Signs, signs, everywhere there’s signs
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About 20 years ago, I volunteered for a political campaign and put a huge campaign sign on my West Hartford lawn. Before I knew it, my yard became a magnet for every other candidate’s lawn sign and it looked like a hodgepodge of political tag sales.
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I know how it feels now
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My dad died. He was in an assisted living facility outside Orlando, Florida, caught the coronavirus, and nine days later his heart stopped beating. He was 77.
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We Haven’t Won Yet — It’s Not Over
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Connecticut and the other states in the Northeast did a great job flattening the coronavirus curve and beating back the worst pandemic in 100 years. And, little by little, life feels like it’s getting back to normal – at least in this part of the country.
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Can You Feel It?
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This is my second attempt at writing something about the outrage that has engulfed our nation in the wake of George Floyd’s killing at the hands of Minneapolis, Minn., police.
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Signs, signs…
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I do my best to get along and go along. I’m not some kind of incorrigible troublemaker. If there are rules or procedures put in place, I’ll comply.
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This is our time to shine
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Thirty-five years ago, I worked in a mailroom at a company outside New York City. It was a busy job, but it afforded wonderfully long breaks twice a day where employees would drink coffee and chit-chat.
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The more things change…
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In 2013, workers digging a new high-speed rail underneath London unearthed a 14-century plague pit holding 25 victims of the Black Death. The discovery allowed researchers to extract DNA from the victims’ teeth and identify the deadly disease — Yersinia Pestis, which surprisingly is still around and simply treated by antibiotics.