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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Congress, It's time to be Sensible about Gun Control! a Civic Soapbox Essay by Patty Pullen

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In 1950, when I was twelve years old, my father decided it was time for me to learn how to shoot a gun. I was ecstatic and thought I would ...
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Friday, July 8, 2011

The Lost Art of Letter Writing, a Civic Soapbox by Val Matthews

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I recently handed over to my daughter four bulky old folders full of letters. These folders have over the years filled up as members of ou...
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Thursday, June 30, 2011

My Kind of Vegan, a Civic Soapbox Essay by Mona Williams

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I became a vegan after reading a leaflet about the suffering of animals raised under factory-like conditions. That day I decided to use up a...
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Thursday, June 23, 2011

The Best Present Graduates Can Give to Themselves, a Civic Soapbox Essay by Katrien Vance

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Dear Graduates, Right now, as you graduate, you probably feel like a set entity, a “you” fully formed. You are. For now. Be ready for e...
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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Beach Scenes, a Civic Soapbox essay by Ellen Adams

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Biking three miles on the boardwalk in an early morning mist is a good beginning. Yesterday’s tracks in the sand have been swept away over...
Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Some Things Just Bug You, a Civic Soapbox Essay by Kim Johnson

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Take the townhouses at the end of my street, for example: They bug me. Over the past nine years that we have lived in our house, the town...
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Thursday, June 2, 2011

Rolling Thunder, a Civic Soapbox Essay by Jeff Ell

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Two hundred and twenty-three. That’s the number of motorcycles I counted in an unbroken line heading north on I-81 last Friday morning. A ...
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