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How to use “given their due” and “not least of all”–Ask Scott Dreyer
This question came from Ms. Chen, in Central Taiwan, via email. Q. "The human race has found ways to celebrate just about everything the world has to offer- culture, history, art. Even a few beloved foods are given their due, not least of all chocolate, honored at the...
Two young people making a difference
Yesterday's Roanoke Times had an uplifting article about two siblings, Kinley (age 12) and Camden, 10, who have set up a "Little Free Library" in their front yard in Northeast Roanoke (Virginia USA). The Little Free Library movement seeks to foster literacy by...
Our view from the mountainside: First Day of Autumn
At the very end of last year, right between Christmas and New Year's, our family was blessed to buy and move into a new house (well, new for us). For many years, my wife Deborah had hoped and prayed for an English-style Tudor house, because she finds them charming....
The Meteor Shower
Every year in early August, we are treated to a special "nature show," called a "meteor shower." No, this has nothing to do with using water or staying clean. It has to do with science, so we will need to know some terms first. A comet is basically a big ball of ice...
Life in the USA: Summer Camping
Call of the wild: Kids get hooked on camping in classes for families KANSAS CITY, Missouri Tessa, 8, and Isaac, 6, didn't want to leave Missouri's Weston Bend State Park. The Minters were barely out of the park when the kids began begging for a return trip. They'd...
Dehumanizing others
Several years ago I read the classic, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, written by William Shirer, a German-speaking American journalist who was based in Berlin in the years leading up to WW II. The book was fascinating and disturbing. One especially gruesome part...
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