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Who should carry your protection?
The Citizen Daily
We are in the modern era and things that were once considered taboo are now the norm. To the older generation, they are an insult to the values they once held dear. Two days ago, I found myself in a heated debate after it was revealed that women do ...


 
Wall Street Journal
The Mermaid Resurfaces
Wall Street Journal
They promise immersion in a new life, requiring their admirers to leave behind all that was once held dear. (It's like going to college, but on a bigger scale.) There is also—now that the mermaid's magical qualities are likely to show up in members of ...


 
Jim Hume column: The prodigal son returns, but with no apologies to offer
Victoria Times Colonist
When the protagonist in the original parable came wandering home, he expressed remorse and said he was no longer worthy of membership in the family he once held dear but had rejected. He asked forgiveness for bad judgment calls and less-than-wise ...

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The Guardian
Your next box set: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The Guardian
I keep waiting for it to become comically dated, for my adult self to laugh wryly at what I once held so dear. But no. Quality endures and Buffy remains unmatched. It was Joss Whedon, of course, who reinvented the vampire story for the modern age.


 
Dear local bands: Don't forget to reunite
Mankato Free Press
In February, the Mid-America Music Hall of Fame held a concert with some of the biggest names in Mankato music history at the Kato Ballroom; the success of that show prompted one band, Sandra Lee & The Velvets, to hold an encore concert two months ...


 
Garth George: Problems all of our own making
The Bay of Plenty Times
And over that time, the ethic of putting principles before personalities has seen a right about turn so that our politics, and indeed our personal lives, have become besotted with personalities while the principles we once held dear have been discarded ...

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Dear G8: Be Bold and Inclusive in Tackling Hunger
Huffington Post
Food prices, which had stabilized for a bit, are once again on the rise. The World Bank Food Price Index released last month showed that the cost of food -- including staples such as grains, fats and oils -- rose by 8 percent from December through ...