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David Trinko: Enjoy the unity at a high school football game

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I don’t have a son playing high school football this year. I never have. I don’t even have a son. Nor do I have a nephew or even a neighbor playing in the games.

Mary Sanchez: Every vote in America is now about abortion

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The pro-choice jubilation that overtook the state of Kansas is beginning to subside, as all victorious celebrations eventually do. What’s less clear is if the revelers fully grasp that they’re still running against howling headwinds.

Don Stratton: Politically motivated selective enforcement

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Some recent incidents in the news have brought to the forefront the subject of selective enforcement by law enforcement agencies. Selective enforcement simply means deciding which laws to enforce in a given situation. Since there are just too many laws, and too many violations, it is not possible to enforce all laws all the time. So, selective enforcement decisions have to be made. The potential for problems lies in the reasoning behind the decisions.

Michael Reagan: Goodbye, Cheney – not goodbye, inflation

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The best news of the week for all Americans is that Liz Cheney lost.

Lori Borgman: From back-a-rub to whiplash in a short time

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When our twin grandbabies were chubby-cheeked toddlers and would spend the night on two little blue cots, they often requested a “back-a-rub” to help them fall asleep.

John Grindrod: The poignancy of funerary displays

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For generations, those who mourn the passing of others have tried in some public displays to honor the memory of the departed. The practice goes all the way back to the ancient Greeks and Romans, who constructed monuments similar to those seen in cemeteries today. The markers erected all fall under the umbrella of what has come to be known as funerary art.

Legal-Ease: Hers, his and ours — blended family estate planning

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Blended families that include stepfamily members, half-siblings, estranged family members, former spouses, new spouses and everything in between are common in our society. Traditional, very simple estate planning may not be sufficient to accomplish estate planning goals in many blended family situations.

Dr. Jessica Johnson: Stroud shows his maturity with comments

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“Comparison is the thief of joy.”

Ron Lora: Death of God revisited

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“God is dead! God remains dead! And we have killed him.” So wrote German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche in the late 19th century; he added that the earth-shaking news had not yet arrived but was on its way.

Michael Graham: Pence’s latest N.H. appearance has GOP asking: What’s the point?

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Former Vice President Mike Pence made an appearance at a Politics and Eggs breakfast in New Hampshire on Wednesday. These events, hosted by the New England Council and the New Hampshire Institute of Politics, are mandatory stops on the “First in the Nation” campaign tour. And given it was Pence’s second visit to the Granite State this year, it’s obvious 2024 is on his mind.