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Bright of the Day - May 24, 2013

Pick up a copy of The Herald on Friday to read about some of the good things going on in metro Albany.

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Squawk of the Day - May 24, 2013

Pick up a copy of The Herald on Friday to see what people are squawking about.

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America needs to turn to new course

Letter to the editor

Recently, I had the good fortune to hear a talk by the vice president of the Georgia Right to Life. He presented interesting but disturbing statistics about the abortion industry in the U.S. The huge number of 55-plus million abortions since Roe v Wade in 1973 can be broken down to one fetus every 23 seconds. Since I began typing this, three fetuses were aborted.

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Dog owners must be more responsible

Letter to the editor

Recently, an 80-year-old South Carolina wheelchair-bound man was killed by four dogs. The rising number of dog attacks should concern the public.

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America has to be good to be great

Letter to the editor

In 1830, the government of France sent a well-respected judge, Alexis de Toaqueville, to study the society, the beliefs and the prisons of the United States to find out why there was so little crime and so few prisons.

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Obama states there is no more room for excuses

Opinion column

Barack Obama is a gifted storyteller, and he’s always used his own life as a text, a parable, a lesson. Often he’s told tales from his own past to transcend race, to identify with mainstream America, to claim common ground about hardships suffered and obstacles overcome.

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Weather exploited for political gain

Opinion column

Yesterday I read an interesting article in Newsweek about the connection between tornadoes and climate change. Newsweek’s story explained how top climate scientists were concerned about several ominous and fundamental changes occurring in Earth’s weather patterns.

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Healing is an ongoing process

Features column

The business of healing is not a passive, inactive process in which we can simply sit back and watch time pass us by, expecting that we will somehow be restored to our pre-wounded selves. Healing is an active process.

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Traveling lighter no easy task

Religion Columnist

A few weeks ago I promised some more thoughts on the religious problem behind too much stuff.

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Tyranny is no longer ‘lurking’ just around the corner

Given last week’s revelation that the IRS targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, it’s worth recalling President Obama’s Ohio State University commencement address. The president decried “voices” warning “that tyranny is always lurking just around the corner.” It’s no longer lurking. It’s here.

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Wimps take on the barbarians

Opinion column

An all too familiar scene was enacted on the campus of Swarthmore College during a meeting on May 4th to discuss demands by student activists for the college to divest itself of its investments in companies that dealt in fossil fuels.

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High school uniforms a lesson in control theory

Guest commentary

Ask anyone who knows me and they will tell you that there are a few things that brand me, which include my affinities for great teaching and learning, good food, fashion and travel. In fact, my emphatic conviction that fashion is a channel for individuality and a very common form of self expression would lead one to question why I would vie for high school students in the local public school system to wear uniforms.

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Common man’s buying guide

Features column

Recently I was reviewing a brochure with hundreds of tracts of land for sale and also the same number of houses.

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Bright of the Day - May 22, 2013

For more brights, pick up a copy of today's Herald.

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Fredericksburg makes you feel at home

Features column

The founding of Fredericksburg, Texas, came about in 1846 owing to German influence, and you may still hear Texas German-a dialect spoken by the original settlers — in the streets.

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