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Common sense in short supply

This past week, when it was revealed that two Suffolk seven-year-olds were given two days’ suspension from school ...

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Whole is greater than sum of its parts

There are any number of clichés that speak to the fact that teamwork often gets us farther in ...

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How do you solve a problem like Councilman McLemore?

When I was young, one of my favorite movies was “The Sound of Music.” My great-grandmother had been ...

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A legacy of leadership

As I sat through Thursday night’s annual meeting of the Franklin-Southampton Area Chamber of Commerce, I was reminded ...

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At the end of their rope

There’s an old adage that if you give someone enough rope to play with, they’ll typically wind up ...

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Dr. Seuss opened doors

It’s not every day I get to start my day with Dr. Seuss, but I did on Friday ...

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The fox and the hen house

I find it intriguing that anyone would embrace the model employed for selecting a school board in Southampton ...

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A problem we can’t afford

Someone told me years ago that if you’re going to successfully work together as a team, everybody has ...

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Doing responsible thing

I can speak from personal experience about the realities of under-funded schools.

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What would you like to see?

If I have learned anything about the newspaper business, it is that the old adage about only pleasing ...

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