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Don’t throw your votes away in SLO’s municipal election (opens the original)
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Admittedly, I’m a recovering politician. I will always be “in recovery” from this terrible addiction. As the midterm election looms, I’m likely to fall off the wagon and into that dismal swamp. Why fight it? Here in San Luis Obispo, voters get to choose a mayor and two council members in nominally nonpartisan contests. Usually there isn’t a lot of drama. Now, however, things are upside-down. There are some weird undercurrents in our municipal election. Take a look at the mayor’s “race,” where Er
If you’re reading this, you might be able to thank Dolly Parton and her Imagination Library (opens the original)
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Last week we lost Dolly Parton, the undisputed queen of country music. Over nearly seven decades, Dolly swept us away with her outsized personality, her ostentatious outfits, and her immense talent. Dolly grew up in a one-room shack in rural Tennessee, the fourth of 12 children in a dirt-poor but love-rich family. Her father was an illiterate farmer, and her mother one of those iconic rural homemakers who kept the children in home-stitched clothing—including the “Coat of Many Colors” that became
America has much to learn from the Greeks in 13th Century BCE (opens the original)
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I’ve seen Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey twice already. Every American should see it at least once. For its entertainment value alone, this film is worth occupying a seat for three hours: It’s packed with thrills and chills. Nolan stays mostly faithful to Homer’s ancient tale of Odysseus’ harrowing ordeal as he tries to return to Ithaca after the Trojan War. Our hero encounters voracious monsters, seductive lovers, and vengeful gods on a 20-year journey that tests the loyalty and love of Penelo
The frustrating undercurrent of division undercut celebrating 250 years (opens the original)
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I’m a lifelong fan of our American flag. As a child, I remember browsing the pages of magazines like American Heritage and being thrilled by the Stars and Stripes as they flew in so many stirring images of our fighting forces both here and abroad—who could forget that iconic photograph of Iwo Jima? As a Boy Scout, I learned all the rules of flag etiquette. Even now, I cringe when I see people wearing gaudy “flag-wear”—I consider it an abuse of our colors. I regularly place our own well-worn Star
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