May 13 2008
Remember the movie Groundhog Day? Part of it was funny; part of it was sheer agony. The thought of living one day over and over again sounds like torture. But the premise that we learn from experience and can avoid making the same mistakes the next...
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May 5 2008
I confess. About 30 years ago, I spent a pleasant day at the racetrack. My husband and I were visiting family in Miami Beach and we all decided that a day at the races would be fun. It was. Checking out the parimutuel board, picking horses, placing...
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Apr 27 2008
Have those of us who live in a city or suburb been lulled into a false sense of security that the government will take care of us, no matter what happens? I used to be. But major catastrophes like Hurricane Katrina and minor events like a recent...
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Apr 20 2008
Is it my imagination or are prices for everything from gas to groceries going up every single day? It’s real and it’s really scary. As though that weren’t bad enough, I’ve noticed that many of the shelves at my local supermarkets are not as...
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Apr 16 2008
Promises, promises. I’ve heard them all. But just a small fraction of those proclaimed by presidential candidates ever come to pass. Since U.S. politicians have a long history of unfulfilled promises, why should I start believing them when they pledge...
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Apr 13 2008
I’m not perfect. I make my share of mistakes. If I say something stupid in the presence of family or friends, I will be reminded of my faux pas in perpetuity. No, my blunders, usually minor and about mundane things like predicting the NY Mets would...
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Apr 7 2008
President Bush proudly proclaimed “Mission accomplished” on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003. The war wasn’t and still isn’t over. If the mission was to remove Saddam Hussein from power, I guess you could call that small...
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Apr 3 2008
The war of words between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has suffered another casualty - me. After faithfully following the verbal fight for the right to represent the Democratic Party in the 2008 presidential election since its inception, I’m maxed...
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Mar 30 2008
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are a few famous words, a snappy phrase that summed up what the framers of the U.S. Constitution foresaw as the American dream. But these guys in powdered wigs had no idea just how hooked on making ourselves...
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Mar 27 2008
When I moved to Florida in 2003, the odds of being blasted by a blizzard seemed better than witnessing another election in which Floridians’ votes would not count. Boy, was I wrong! After the presidential ballot fiasco here in Florida in 2000, this...
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