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EXPECTATIONS, EXCEPTIONS & DEPORTATION It happened quickly. He knew the risks, but what choice did he have? There was a family to feed. Maybe today, they wouldn’t notice him. He kept to the speed limit. Then, in the review mirror, he saw the flashing lights. He pulled over. The crops are all in, and…
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THE RULE DIALOGUES She was a stranger I encountered in the Miners Bay Book shop on Mayne Island, British Columbia, Canada. Over the next three months, she was my Saturday morning breakfast companion at the Sunny Mayne Bakery Café. Each Saturday, she joined me at the same table. Her words came to me in black…
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The United States is a nation founded upon dissent. Colonialists often voiced their protests against the British government’s policies. On the 1st of November, 1765, when the Stamp Act was about to be enacted, New Yorkers flew flags at half-staff and rioted, burning effigies of Lieutenant Governor Cadwaller Colden, and the house of an unpopular…
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A quiet, rainy morning. The rainfall began during the night, a soothing, tapping sound on the roof and windows. I am an odd duck, preferring cloudy, rainy days to cloudless ones with summer sunlight glaring down like an angry god. I take comfort in watching clouds, the swaying horse tails, or the grayish-tinged ships with…
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I had more than a few reservations about writing a blog. In today’s environment, we are inundated with podcasts, posts, tweets, videos from various sources, and round-the-clock news. “Why bother?” I asked myself. The last time I had a blog, The Woodhull Arts Journal, a few people were offended. They took the time to send…
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On April 14th, Bob Confer wrote an article for The Wellsville Sun titled “The Deadly Stress of Farming: New York farmers are committing suicide at alarming rates, help is available.” His piece has haunted me since reading it. I am a descendant of farmers in rural New York state. My mother’s father and her grandfather…
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By Carl A. Ten Hoopen Carl A. Ten Hoopen is the political and business reporter for the Evoraberg Independent Washington: This afternoon President Trump will sign an Executive Order banning atmospheric disturbances on his birthday. In response to questions, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters, “President Trump believes that it is vital to…
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“Power, money, persuasion, supplication, persecution—these can lift at a colossal humbug—push it a little—weaken it a little, century by century; but only laughter can blow it to rags and atoms at a blast. Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.” Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger The other day, I received a note from my…
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The irrational challenges our common humanity and goodwill daily. Fear overwhelms in the dark atmosphere of hate. We fall silent because words fail to express the depth of fear and grief that weighs on our hearts. On an evening intended for an interfaith dialogue, a group of young professionals gathered under the theme of “Turning…
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REPRINTED FROM THE EVORABERG INDEPENDENT A number of letters have come to the paper complaining bitterly about President Trump’s planned military parade. I have asked the Woodhull Journal to reprint Mrs. Eleanor Harrington Parker’s letter for its readership on this serious matter which should concern all citizens. David Ogden, Editor, The Evoraberg Independent LETTERS TO…
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