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What would Ayn Rand do?

I admit when I first heard the news weeks ago of Smithfield Foods intending to sell ownership, my ...

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Vanishing act

It started at an early age. Inadvertently, he was asked to run for eighth grade president. And seeing ...

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Deja vu all over again

A couple of years ago, due to poor planning a little foresight on my part, I made the ...

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Trying to imagine what Father endured at D-Day

At approximately 6:30 a.m. on a Tuesday, June 6, 1944, the largest amphibious invasion in world history was ...

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Just in case

He woke wondering what the day would bring. Climbing out of bed, he trod under a smoke alarm, ...

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No regrets for past or future failures

There’s line from a movie, Apollo 13, which says, “Failure is not an option.” While that may have ...

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Taking defeat from jaws of victory

No matter how you look at it, this fall’s gubernatorial election should have been a slam-dunk for republicans, ...

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Honoring the fallen on Memorial Day

Memorial Day is upon us, and what was once known as Decoration Day is the holiday on which ...

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We’re All In

All the chips are in. We’ve bet it all. It’s all on the table. The last seed went ...

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A rewarding chapter partially closes

Bidding farewell to a regular presence on this page saddens me almost as much as leaving Franklin itself.

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