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COLUMN: Marveling at America’s return to the moon

America is going back to the moon and I marvel, anew, at what our nation can accomplish when…

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COLUMN: Face full of leaves spurs memories of a maple

I had forgotten how much fun a yard full of fallen leaves can be until I had an…

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COLUMN: Fishing contest scandal removes scales from our eyes

The slimy side of professional, high-stakes angling has at last been exposed. Not that any reasonably observant person,…

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COLUMN: Book brings reader back to Baker’s big game

I spent some time recently in the winter of 1971-72, moving between several high school gymnasiums, and I’m…

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COLUMN: The Beatles’ ‘Revolver’ finally gets the magic touch

The Beatles made their last recording 52 years ago but the quartet continues to delight their fans in…

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COLUMN: Sliding on ice, still thinking about dust

I pressed the brake pedal and immediately wished I hadn’t. Not quite so firmly, anyway. Almost as soon…

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COLUMN: Golf: The sport that keeps on giving (headaches)

My smoothest golf swing is the one aimed at my golf bag. I hit that thing flush almost…

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COLUMN: Mosquitoes always unwelcome, but especially in October

My wife texted me that she had killed a mosquito in our kitchen. I would scarcely have reacted…

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COLUMN: The end of some print icons

Print media is hard. That’s not news to anyone reading this column. Each week brings a new and…

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COLUMN: Electric cars and the collision with reality

When I was a kid I solved the common childhood problem of a bedroom cluttered with dirty clothes…

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