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It’s coming close to that time of year again—the time when you smell apple and pumpkin in the air and hear leaves crunching on the
When it comes right down to it, we’ve got it pretty good. Oh, sure, we all have our problems. But think about it: You do
I wrote about Jeremiah Thomas a few weeks back in a blog that highlighted high-tech bullying. When he took a strong pro-life stance even as
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