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To quote Anatole France, “An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't.” It is important to note that I do not claim to know the answers to solving school or local...
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[quote user="Luanne Traud"]What do you think of the new president?[/quote] After my first week in my job, I had barely managed to learn how the phone worked and where to find the coffeemaker. I trust the president has worked those things out, but I'm sure he's got "people"...
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[quote user="Luanne Traud"] What do you think of the new president? [/quote] He's a serious mistake. Americans can be proud that we've taken another long step toward ending the stain of racism by electing him. Unfortunately, being black is one of President Obama's two qualifications...
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Recovering from the effects of the current recession will be difficult for some, and most likely impossible for others. A painful irony exists concerning recovery an irony that I have not figured out how to avoid. For years, we as a culture have been spending as if there were no tomorrow, building up...
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How is the recession affecting me? So far, not very much. I recently retired, have never been a gambler (i.e., I have shunned the stock market in favor of "bondage"), and am now a benefactor of the social security system, that most wonderful legacy of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal...
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[quote user="godsprincess38"] I am working on changing my user name. My name is Tanya Villani and I was not able to change that when I re-signed up but was able to update my info. I have emailed Meg =) [/quote] I don't know. For a screen name, godprincess38 is pretty hard to beat.
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My resolution for 2009 is to think of myself less and think of others more as they deal with the recession differently than I. In celebrating the New Year with my best friend Kerriann, her husband Kent and their family in NY; I being single, see the recession in a different way. As I mused about the...
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First, I think you are right that a broader discussion of issues is needed today. Reasonable peoploe can dissagree without disrespecting or disliking each other - and I think our society is missing out on important communication today. There's too much blind polarization. How is the recession affecting...
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I live in a university town, a town that's more closely tied to the cyclical rhythm of the academic year than it is to the bucking and lurching of the national economy. New students, new faculty, new hires, new neighbors -- all these comings and goings are played out in our neighborhoods regularly...