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HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL
But buckle up, Buttercups By Nancy Ford Happy New Year! Cheers to those of us who made it all the way through 2024 to thrust head first into 2025 —
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SUPPLEMENTS OR SUNSHINE?
Cows and calcium and strong bones By SA Tripi Calcium is the most abundant mineral in our body and is an essential nutrient. Because of that, our bodies are unable
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THE MEASURE OF SUCCESS
Weights+Measures: Still hip, still hot By Jim Ayres A while back, on a cold winters’ eve after a grueling visit to the Medical Center, I stopped into Weights + Measures
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WHOOPEE! ’24 IS OVER! Bring in the new, please
By Forest Riggs With Christmas behind us, we now move into 2025 — and none too soon. I don’t think I could take another day of Sunny 99.1 playing their
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Deficit and national debt problem, part 2 (UPDATED!)
By Rick Ehrlich The largest causes of America’s National debt are: Since 2001, our debt has exploded from $5 trillion to $36 trillion. Approximately, two-thirds can be blamed on military
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Cher: The Memoir Part One
By Terri Schlichenmeyer Mother knows best. At least that’s what she’d like you to think because she said it a hundred times while you were growing up, until you actually
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Robbie Williams: The straight pop star who made space for my queer identity
While Williams is not gay, he notes that many of his musical influences have been By Chris Azzopardi I had already agreed to an interview with Robbie Williams before realizing
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Trump’s Anti-Trans Rhetoric
By D’Anne Witkowski As I write this, I’m learning that there’s been a shooting at yet another school in the United States. This time in Wisconsin. Reportedly a 15-year-old student
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STAR OF THE MONTH: Regina Dane
By Johnny Trlica Drag Queens have become easy targets of politicians on the right, being portrayed as predators coming for your children. Groomers. What they fail to see is the
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TWO ELEPHANTS IN THE ROOM: America’s national debt disaster, part 1
By Rick Ehrlich We go along day by day, taking care of our own lives, and finances, just trying to enjoy what we have. But in the past twenty-four years,
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DEEDS HAVE POWER
STOP THE CYCLE: Gift yourself with love and light By Dr. Julie Hollingsworth As we embrace the last of this trilogy — word, thought and, now, deed — we shall
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THOUGHTS HAVE POWER
How our beliefs become our identity By Dr. Julie Hollingsworth, PhD, LCDC, ICADC We live in our own minds, but we are not alone — often, we carry with us