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Thursday, August 18th, 2011 12:05:35

Nothing Compares to the Iowa State Fair

It's vast, it's crowded, it's fattening and it's fun. "Nothing Compares to the Iowa State Fair." The slogan is aptly deserved. The fair is held in Des Moines, Iowa, on a 400-acre tract of land situated next to 160 acres....

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Thursday, August 11th, 2011 12:04:45

Morning in America Needed

Last week, over a long, late dinner with friends, our discussion turned to their recent trip to Australia. They remarked that the country appeared to be full of "optimism," "energy" and "enthusiasm." People were on the move, getting to work....

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Thursday, August 4th, 2011 12:03:34

Changing Tides

It's the last few weeks of summer. For those of us with children in school, this is our last chance to get away before becoming engulfed in school schedules, homework, activities and carpool. For children, it is their last chance....

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Thursday, July 28th, 2011 12:02:49

Fried Liver by the Pink Hamster

This week, my son is attending chess camp. It seemed like a good idea when I signed him up in May. An indoor camp the last week of July when the temperature and the humidity in Atlanta would be hovering....

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Thursday, July 21st, 2011 12:02:06

Life’s Opportunities Easily Missed

People who take fishing seriously, who want to take advantage of the flood tide opportunities as they happen, study the tides and phases of the moon to determine the best possible fishing times. They determine the best locations by talking....

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Thursday, July 14th, 2011 12:01:16

Character Development

I'm not sure how it started, but at some point over the past year, when my children begin to relate some hardship in their lives -- tough tests, tough teacher or coach -- I began responding that they should think....

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Thursday, July 7th, 2011 12:00:16

Ill-Gotten Gains

It was my freshman year of high school. My mother, sister and I had recently moved back to Carrollton, Ga. It may have been social studies, or it may have been biology, the subject does not matter, it was the....

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Thursday, June 30th, 2011 11:59:19

I Love a Parade

My earliest Fourth of July memories include fireworks, flags, BBQ and parades. Not watching parades, being in them. As the daughter of a Georgia politician (my father, Newt Gingrich, began running for Congress when I was 7 and won his....

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Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 11:58:15

Money, Money, Money

Dr. Carl J. Arnold taught the money and banking class at Presbyterian College when I was a student there. I can still picture him in 1986: dark, crewcut hair; pressed khaki pants; white, short-sleeved, buttoned-down shirt; dark, plastic-framed glasses; and....

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Thursday, June 9th, 2011 11:57:30

It’s Not About Me, It’s About You

Maybe it's because I'm in my mid-40s and part of what a friend from college calls the sandwich generation, helping out with both our children and our parents, but I am once again thinking through what it means to succeed....

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