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A Father’s Ten Commandments
Happy Fathers' Day. Get back to work. Even on this day, you are on the clock. Your children are watching and listening.
Kevin Thomas
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Failure To Launch, Refusal To Grow Up
I am missing my daughter this summer, her first away from home. Having just completed her college freshman year, she applied for internships, paid her way to an interview in Washington D.C., worked out her housing, and then secured an extra job waitressing on the weekends to save for
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Who Knew Abortion Could Be So Funny?
The crowd was entertained. Some reveled in the death of others. They weren't dying, so what did they care? They just wanted to enjoy a good show. If this was last week's column, I would have been referring to those in the arena cheering the slaughter
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‘Paul, Apostle of Christ’: Not For Entertainment Purposes Only
The movie will not be a blockbuster, bringing in only $17 million at last count, after five weeks. I have heard the complaints about Paul, Apostle of Christ.
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Barbara Bush, A True Feminist
Barbara Bush was laid to rest in Houston on Saturday. Here in Maine, a memorial service for Mrs. Bush will take place in Kennebunkport, a spot she and her husband put on the map as its long-time summer residents. Barbara Bush meant so much to Maine, from her folksy ways
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Be Honorable and Tell Your Wife When You Cheat
Columns in the New York Times style section do get your attention. I'll give them that. Like the one last November, written by a professor who justified her role as a homewrecker seducing a married man – titled "An Optimist Guide to Divorce." I disagreed with her
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Despite Abuse, They Stayed in the Church
Elena received her fair share of faulty Catholic teaching as a child, never believing she was good enough … "so any imperfection must be willful on my part and therefore a sin …" "I learned not to trust my judgment on anything but to allow the priests and others
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As Marriage Fades, Who Cares About the Kids?
"From whom do we first learn about love?" I asked every student in my high school theology classes the same question. There is always a hand or two from the guessers in the classroom. I would call on one of them, knowing their answer.