Ross Nason
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Armed, dangerous and dead
So much for the argument that having more people armed in public places will result in fewer gun deaths. One of the three killed recently by a Las Vegas couple, Jerad and Amanda Miller, was an armed civilian, Joseph Wilcox. Two police officers who also were killed, Igor Soldo and Alyn Beck, were ambushed while […]
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When a man with daughters has one who plays tennis, he picks up a racquet
I try to focus on the bright side when I think of my father. I spent a lot of time with my parents, right through my teenage years and college. As a family, we went out to eat, and to shop and travel. But then he died, suddenly, shockingly, of a massive heart attack. I […]
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Global warming’s name keeps changing like the weather
One indication of a foundering movement occurs when the basic phrase used to describe it is constantly being updated as the old terms are revealed as flawed. In today’s example, note how the “looming crisis” caused by mildly increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere used to be called “global warming.” When that fact had […]
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I got an A+ and I didn’t even study for the test
We had another positive clinic visit this week. I actually got an A-plus from the doctor for the way my blood work has progressed. That’s right — A-plus, and I didn’t even study. The subject of remission finally came up. I had been reluctant to ask, just in case. I mean, not knowing was better […]