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I would guess that just about any American with some education about our nation’s history can complete that directive voiced by a member of Virginia’s House of Burgesses (that’s …
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By Don Amend
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9/23/21
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My own health, and the health of the nearly 8 billion people that I share this planet with, has given me considerable time to pursue one of my favorite hobbies: studying American history.
As I …
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By Don Amend
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8/24/21
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I spent last week in recovery. I needed it after spending a little over a month back in the Midwest; Minnesota to be more precise.
The trip was a welcome respite from the restrictions I felt were …
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By Don Amend
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7/22/21
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It seems as though our lives are slowly finding their way back to normal. I’m not sure what normal is, but I think it means less worry about being too close to other people so as to avoid being …
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By Don Amend
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6/1/21
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I’ve always been a reader.
I can’t help it; it’s in the DNA handed down from my father, so I’m stuck with it.
Whenever Dad had a spare minute with nothing going on …
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By Don Amend
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4/13/21
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I’m seeing a faint light at the end of a pretty long tunnel.
Whether the light will get brighter or fade to black is an open question. True, the spread of the COVID-19 virus seems to …
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By Don Amend
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2/25/21
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I have been debating whether to comment on January’s upsetting events in the capital of our republic. I have decided to do that today, and what I have to say might actually upset some of you …
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By Don Amend
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2/9/21
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Two weeks ago, I began my annual Christmas music marathon — an attempt to listen to all the Christmas music in my library during the last two weeks before Christmas. One of the first things I …
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By Don Amend
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12/24/20
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The election is only a month away, so it’s time to put in my 2 cents worth concerning how people should vote.
If you have been reading these columns for any length of time, you are no doubt …
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By Don Amend
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10/8/20
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We Americans always seem to find some reason to fight among ourselves. As you might expect, this being a presidential election year, we have more than a few reasons to take issue with our neighbors …
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By Don Amend
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9/8/20
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The COVID-19 virus has hopelessly scrambled the world of sports.
Because of the pandemic, baseball players are playing before crowds of cardboard cutouts instead of real people, and plays are …
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By Don Amend
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8/13/20
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In 1944, Army Air Corps pilots stationed on the island of New Guinea were looking for possible sites for an additional air strip on the island when they found a large river valley in a place that …
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By Don Amend
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7/23/20
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Let’s face it: We Americans are a cantankerous bunch, so the demonstrations we are seeing now should be no surprise to anyone.
This nation was born demonstrating against the government. A …
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By Don Amend
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6/23/20
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The death toll of the coronavirus pandemic has passed 100,000 here in the land of the free.
That’s a lot of people. To put it into Wyoming perspective, it would mean wiping out four of the …
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By Don Amend
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6/2/20
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It has been easy for me to deal with the current quarantining of America.
I had already been spending most of my time at home, with only occasional forays to the coffee shop or the sidewalks …
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By Don Amend
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4/30/20
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Apparently, we are going to be in quarantine for a while longer.
That’s certainly more of a problem for those of us with businesses and jobs, and active people who are normally out and about …
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By Don Amend
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4/9/20
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Thanks to the coronavirus epidemic currently sweeping the world, I have decided I’ll be in quarantine for a while.
I’m not really sure how much danger I’m in, but I am among …
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By Don Amend
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3/19/20
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This column has been a long time coming.
I began working on it a bit over a week ago, and have started over four or maybe five times. I’ve stayed up late working on it and I’ve …
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By Don Amend
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2/27/20
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Back in November, I decided to take two or three weeks off before once again returning my photo to the Tribune’s opinion page.
I wasn’t exactly taking this time off because I was tired …
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By Don Amend
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1/28/20
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