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Evil takes on a human face

Terrorism: The use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a way of trying to achieve a political goal. — Merriam-Webster Dictionary Interstate Highway 15 heads northeast from Los Angeles, angles toward Las Vegas and progresses up to Salt Lake City,...

Cooking candy can be humbling

Successful cooking: “The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking, you’ve got to have a what-the-hell attitude.” – Julia Child  Failure has many faces, and for me this Christmas season, the specter of a soggy piece of divinity candy looms as large as...

A kind heart at Christmas

Kindness: “The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.”  — William Wordsworth A cold wind blew out of the north, and Dad hunched his shoulders in a vain attempt to stay warm. Before tractors had cabs,...

Foretelling 2016 with tea leaves

Predictions: “Predicting is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.”– Niels Bohr, Nobel laureate in physics As the new year begins, all eyes will turn to our favorite sport. You were thinking of “high school basketball,” weren’t you? Some also will...

Is it a ‘tax’ or a ‘fee’?

Tax: A contribution for the support of a government required of persons, groups, or businesses within the domain of that government. A fee or dues levied on members of an organization to meet its expenses. – American Heritage Dictionary Everyone knows that the best...