01/26/2017 - 00:00
Do you know where the word “candidate” comes from? According to a number of references, in ancient Rome, when someone was campaigning for public office, they wore a toga that had been whitened with chalk as they greeted voters. The Latin word “candidatus” eventually came to mean “wearing white”.
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01/12/2017 - 00:00
Here we are, launched into another new year and already off to an interesting start. A lot of things that happened in the last year have obviously set the tone for the upcoming one, some of the events still raising controversy.
As mentioned in the article on the front page, 2017 is a year of special milestones, especially for those of us living in this region.
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12/22/2016 - 00:00
“Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.” William Pollard
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12/08/2016 - 00:00
Again a few weeks ago in the United States there was an active shooter in a high school. A female student sent a message from her cell phone that she and a few others were holed up in one of the classrooms, hiding. Others had the opportunity to run. Read more
11/24/2016 - 00:00
Democracy always works, right? Think twice.
Democracy basically means the majority rules, but in order for that to truly happen, the majority have to speak up.
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11/10/2016 - 00:00
For the most part, the world is somewhat in shock after Donald Trump’s win of the Presidency of the United States.
All throughout the campaign, and what appears to be even more so afterward, is the attempt to decipher the enigma that is the Trump personality. Read more
10/27/2016 - 00:00
“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.”
Booker T. Washington
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10/13/2016 - 00:00
Is it just me, or is anyone else noticing that we have a serious game of distraction going on in mainstream news? Read more
09/29/2016 - 00:00
“The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.” - Socrates
I must admit that this week I fell into the trap of being enraptured to watch the debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Read more
09/15/2016 - 00:00
Anyone ever give thought to where the term “acid test” comes from? It stems from a procedure of adding some type of acid or chemical to various materials in order to test its quality. Will it break down, will it crumble or disintegrate, will it become sullied and ruined, or will it remain unaffected? Read more
