On this Valentine Eve, a departure from the Hallmark mushy romance, and instead, we offer some practical - and pragmatic - advice for the taking. The following is the first official post by my sister on this blog, but by no means the last. Prolific and sarcastic, you’ll find her posts both thought-provoking and [...]

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I’m really starting to feel like a minority in my homeland.  Why?
I am proud to be an Irish Dutch German African Nordic Scottish Italian French English Swedish Native American (et al) American. Geez, what a mouthful! And I guess, there’s more, but I haven’t uncovered the other ancestors yet.
I am the epitome of the American [...]

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Back in the Summer of ‘96, Dave Matthews chatted up the audience with an intro to Proudest Monkey. Eleven years later, seems we haven’t made much progress. Here’s what he said then.

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On a forum I subscribe to, someone had posted an entry about why Hillary Clinton would be worthy of the vote.
Being a Republicrat, I don’t vote for the party, but for the best qualified person. In years past, there have been elections where I didn’t have faith in any of the candidates, so I didn’t [...]

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