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IN AMERICA: The history of US

04.02.2025 10

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IN AMERICA: Employees then, and now

22.01.2025 2

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IN AMERICA: Apples and orchards

24.12.2024 3

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IN AMERICA: Tabs, labels, and tags – oh my!

“Hey Pete, what do you think of these cushions? Do you like the color? I think they’d go nice with the couch on the outside deck.” I’m tagging...

11.12.2024 7

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IN AMERICA: It’s the voters, stupid

Back in 1992, James Carville was a strategist in Bill Clinton’s successful run for president. He had been a political operative for years, helping...

26.11.2024 10

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IN AMERICA: Who decides this stuff?

“Well the house is in really good shape structurally, no issues that would normally come up with a home of this age, but boy, is it dated. Every...

12.11.2024 3

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IN AMERICA: An innocent curiosity

“Lemme see, how hungry am I? Do I want the four-piece fried chicken package, or the eight? The four will be fine for me and Anne with a salad and...

29.10.2024 3

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IN AMERICA: Hi folks, how are ya!

On a warm September Saturday, 45 years ago to the month, I wandered behind the bar at Slattery’s Old Seneca Ale Haus on Seneca Street for the very...

01.10.2024 3

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IN AMERICA: 'The Walrus and the Carpenter'

“The time has come the walrus said, to talk of many things, Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings, And why the sea is boiling...

17.09.2024 2

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IN AMERICA: Where is everybody?

When I was born way back when, there were 167 million folks living here in America. Today, there are almost 342 million of my fellow citizens that...

20.08.2024 2

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IN AMERICA: Late-night TV

I don’t know about you, but I’ve discovered as I age that falling asleep isn’t what it used to be when I was younger. When I was 40 or so, my head...

06.08.2024 2

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IN AMERICA: Hey, let me ask you something …

(Hi folks, I’m writing two mini columns today because of the timing of recent events. Bet you’re thrilled huh?) “Oh, it’s game on now! They...

23.07.2024 2

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