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WHITE SPRINGS, FL -- Veterans’ Day is special for me. Every year, I get to receive a little bit of praise for doing what I loved: serving the greatest country in the world. So let me share with you the perspective of one veteran on the reasons we serve and some of the attributes that are a result of those loves. More ... Barack Obama is president-elect of the United States because the Republican Party and John McCain handed him the presidential election on a silver platter. The Republican Party and the Bush White House walked away from Republican ideals and they walked away from Republican values. More ... Senator Barack Obama is now president-elect of the United States of America. His victory in Tuesday's election was not quite a landslide but as these things go, it was certainly impressive. The chasm between the amount of votes that went to Obama versus those that went for Senator John McCain was staggering. More ... Hurricane Isabel struck Washington, D.C., hard that night. It was Sept. 18, 2003. I lived in Alexandria, Va., at the time. I rode out the storm reading a book and enjoying a glass of wine. At the Arlington National Cemetery, just a few miles from where I sat, the sentinels who stand guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns were having an entirely different experience. More ... As the curtain mercifully falls on the Most Important Election of Your Lifetime, the nation breathes a collective sigh of relief. Or do they? More ... Phone rules for polite society circa 1982 were brief and to the point. If an actual human being was right in front of you or if the family was having dinner, you didn't answer the phone. A longer list wasn't really necessary. More ... |
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