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I’ve spent considerable time exploring human conflict in recent months.
My physical condition coupled with the precautions necessary to avoid becoming a COVID statistic have given me …
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By Don Amend
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5/24/22
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I was planning to finish up my medical adventure story in this column, but I changed my mind.
Two factors have led to my making this change. First of all, last week began with the …
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By Don Amend
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4/26/22
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I ended my last column just as my real medical adventure became more interesting.
I was scheduled for surgery in mid-February, one year to the day after I took my trip to the ER in Powell. …
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By Don Amend
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4/5/22
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A couple of days ago, it dawned on me that this month marks an anniversary for me.
Ten years ago last week, I experienced a life-changing event one Saturday afternoon.
I was at home after …
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By Don Amend
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2/22/22
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At Christmas, I can always count on receiving one particular gift, and my daughter came through once again in December, handing me a gift-wrapped book.
Erica knows me very well, which she should, …
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By Don Amend
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1/27/22
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Here we are, in the final countdown to Christmas.
If you were anywhere near my house, you would be well aware of that — or at least you would be if I were free to play my collection of …
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By Don Amend
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12/21/21
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As it does every year, Thanksgiving rolls around this week — the perfect time to tell my faithful readers some of the blessings that an old hymn tells me to count. I don’t remember what I …
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By Don Amend
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11/23/21
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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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