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Offers information for anti-coagulation clinic patients

Preparing and taking my mother to her anti-coagulation clinic appointments was among our most frustrating and stressful events during the 8 years that I provided care for her. She lost her unstable wa...
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Writer warns that Big Brother is watching you

Last fall, after traveling to Europe, the immigration officer simply asked me to look into the camera, then welcomed me back by name without ever checking my passport. It was quick, friendly and easy. Their system had recognized my face and cleared me for entry in a split second. Anthropic, a leader in AI, has a contract to deliver artificial intelligence to the US government. The Trump adminis...

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War powers belong to Congress, not the president

The Constitution is clear: power to take our nation to war belongs to Congress, not a single president. Yet our representatives—Senator Ron Johnson and Representative Derrick Van Orden—recently voted against legislation intended to reaffirm that basic constitutional principle. Instead of reinforcing Congress’s authority, they opposed a measure designed to clarify that the decision to begi...

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Trump costly for America

The world of subjective opinion. What is opinion? Is it a human’s individual value system? Does anyone know who first coined the saying; Everyone is entitled to their opinion, even if that opinion has no truth, which I feel causes grief for society. Is false opinion not lying if they’re trying to be craftier than others? So how much less sociable is false speaking, than silence? Maybe li...

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We cannot gain trust if America breeds instability in world

The United States and Israel have launched airstrikes on Iran, reportedly to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons. President Trump asserted in his statement on the attacks: '(T)o the great proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand. Stay sheltered.... When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will be probably your only c...

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Writer shares the story of “Amos and Me”

Amos Phelps must have thought his grandson was a sissy. In 1776 Amos signed up to fight in the Revolution, a year after young Darius figured he had done his bit and took a discharge. Amos was 72 years old. “These are the times that try men’s souls”, Thomas Paine would write that year, “The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their countr...

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Writer says to follow the money for political influence

“Follow the money” is a famous line from All the President’s Men, the film about the Watergate scandal. Watergate exposed corruption at the highest levels of government—people in power abusing that power to intimidate critics and cover up illegal actions in order to maintain and expand control. For many Americans in 2026, that phrase feels relevant again. Dana White, CEO of Ultimate ...

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