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Who needs a pool, really?
Our pond has suddenly made us fashionable
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Maura Casey
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America’s hate problem
I used to think America had a gun problem.
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Maura Casey
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We are the ones we are waiting for
When I was a teenager, the Watergate scandal became proof to me that the law applies to everyone, even the president of the United States. The…
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Maura Casey
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'Tell the truth about our lives'
I’ve had a very plain Russian matryoshka doll on my office desk for more than three decades. It’s nicked and scratched – not a nesting doll you would…
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Maura Casey
15

June 2024

Farmers markets: Pure capitalism
I have discovered that I can sell
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Maura Casey
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Tulsa: Justice denied for 103 years
What does it take for Black Americans to get justice?
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Maura Casey
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Addicts lie; it’s part of the disease
I met my husband at a homeless shelter. But he wasn’t a resident. Neither was I. We were both hired the same week four decades ago to help alcoholics…
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Maura Casey
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Angels in disguise
When I get discouraged, I think about the presence of angels. Not the kind depicted in myths and bibles, with halos, wings and perhaps a harp or two…
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Maura Casey
27

May 2024

A lesson from a granddaughter's joy
She saw a beach, and I, a patch of sand
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Maura Casey
17
'Insane at every level'
College costs too often shackle those who attend
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Maura Casey
18
Give bees a chance
No Mow May aims to give pollinators a break
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Maura Casey
12
'Just be a mother to someone'
I cancelled Mother’s Day this year. Not for all of you, but for me. I realized a few weeks ago while making plane reservations for a business trip that…
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