Archive for the ‘American Values’ Category
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Beware of Patriotism Done on the Cheap
Posted on May 28, 2013
I thought Sebastian Junger put it pretty well in yesterday’s Washington Post. “The growing cultural gap between American society and our military is dangerous and unhealthy. The sense that war...
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The Castro Boys
Posted on May 8, 2013
Yesterday morning, Barbara Harrison was on the radio, promoting a story for the local NBC newscast, about a baby who was found in the garbage, barely breathing, who grew up...
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Don’t Show this Post to Your Kid
Posted on April 29, 2013
“Fawk you. Fawk off. Fawk this and Fawk that.” Fawk (or Fuck, as most people say it) was the primary expressive word of my college roommate, who happened to be...
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Travel Day
Posted on April 4, 2013
Today was a travel day. And from the looks of the weather, it didn’t look like it was going to be an easy one. The weatherman predicted heavy showers. The...
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The View from the Sunshine State
Posted on April 3, 2013
We travel to Florida for Spring Break. It’s our mini-version of a family tradition. And of course, we are not alone in that tradition. Families (and college kids) have been...
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