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REST STOP AMERICA 0R PIT STOP

October 4, 2023 by

Rest stop America doesn’t get much better than Idaho. With a speed limit of 80 mph, and regular traffic at 90, getting off the road is a relief in more ways than one. Or two.

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ROAD SONGS FROM HERE TO THERE

October 1, 2023 by

Road songs define generations. Baby boomer road songs? Still the best? Let’s take a drive around the block and find out.

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AMERICAN SOUL SEARCHING CONTINUES

September 30, 2023 by

The American soul is elusive. One time it’s here, the next time it’s there. More than one searcher has found it, only to discover what others have: “They are wrong.”

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AMERICAN DREAM — 2023: THE GOLDEN RULE

January 16, 2023 by

THE American Dream remains the same: Be Somebody. Be someone you’re proud of. If you’ve been the good example bringing someone back from the edge, keep it up. If you’re the reason someone was out there, keep reading.

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LONELY PEOPLE: WHERE DO THEY ALL COME FROM

August 14, 2022 by

Lonely people come from the same place you come from. How can that be? They didn’t seem lonely. Why would they be lonely? As if you need to ask.

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AMERICAN LIFE PLAN FOR LIVING UNGUARDED

July 5, 2022 by

An American life, yours and mine, is based on a certain freedom. Those freedoms are listed here in the National Archives Museum. If that’s not enough freedom, you might ask ‘what is enough?’

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PRESERVED LAND FOR THE AGES

May 21, 2022 by

Preserved land, or land preservation, needs help. You know the old saying, ‘they don’t make more land?’ It’s never more true than land holding Native American sites. And that’s the problem.

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MAKING HISTORY? THEN MAKE GOOD HISTORY

March 6, 2022 by

Making history feels like something you might realize after the fact. You did something well, felt good about it, then someone says, “That’s never been done before.” Does that make what you’ve done more important? Maybe important enough to try again?

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PROBLEM CHILD GETS ALL OF THE ATTENTION

November 4, 2021 by

The problem child is only a problem if they grow up to be problems for others. And themselves. Who wants to be a Problem Adult? No one. And yet, here we are.

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DIFFERENT COUNTRY? DIFFERENT THAN WHAT?

September 8, 2021 by

Every time I read, “We’re a different country now,” I start picking things apart. We’re different because some man or woman got their feelings hurt? Different because someone didn’t get their way and had a meltdown? It sounds different, but what’s really going on? I call it EMPOWERMENT, where normally quiet people discover the sound […]

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