Editor's Letter
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Editor's Letter: In praise of wise old coots
feature As youth recedes into the rearview mirror, and your face slides south in succumbing to time and gravity, and your short-term memory becomes a sieve, something curious happens.
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Editor's Letter: About those curveballs
feature The occasional twinge in my right elbow has always carried with it the sting of remorse.
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Editor's Letter: Lighten up, fellas
feature The Republican candidates have none of the easy, self-deprecating wit that made Republicans adore Ronald Reagan, or Democrats carry a torch for John F. Kennedy for decades.
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Editor's Letter: Quieting the mind
feature All those thoughts in your brain can crescendo into a self-defeating chorus, and there are times when it's better to disconnect, to take your mind off your mind.
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Editor's letter: What's in a name?
feature I come in praise of William. Not myself, mind you, but my name.
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Editor's letter: Psst, Mr. Mayor
feature While Mike Bloomberg's proposed ban on supersize sugary soft drinks went too far, he has also proved that imposed change can be a good thing.
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Editor's letter: Facebook and the digital future
feature At a barbecue last weekend, I was talking to two intelligent guys in their early 20s when they said something that nearly made me drop my beer.
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Editor's letter: A father's gift
feature I have no living father to honor this Father’s Day, yet somehow I’ve never felt closer to him, or his presence more vividly.
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Editor's letter: The nice guy defense
feature If Rajat Gupta and Lance Armstrong thought their good works would exempt their sins from scrutiny, they were mistaken.
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Editor's letter: Work-life balance, then and now
feature As I write this, my wife, Karla, is on a business trip to Chicago, and I am in the 15th hour of a day that began at 6 a.m.
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Editor's letter: On top of Bear Mountain
feature I was ready for some quiet contemplation when I arrived atop the mountain on a beautiful Easter Sunday.
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Editor's letter: College costs galore! And jobs?
feature Around my home, we’re in full-on college mode.
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Editor's letter: The pull of outer space
feature A consortium of techheads announced long-range plans to use robots to prospect for precious metals on near-Earth asteroids.
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Editor's letter: What we remember, what we forget
feature It's Sally Ride we'll remember, not James Holmes. Achievement will always outshine nihilism.
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