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This column has been a long time coming.
I began working on it a bit over a week ago, and have started over four or maybe five times. I’ve stayed up late working on it and I’ve …
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By Don Amend
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2/27/20
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Back in November, I decided to take two or three weeks off before once again returning my photo to the Tribune’s opinion page.
I wasn’t exactly taking this time off because I was tired …
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By Don Amend
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1/28/20
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Our president aimed a derogatory insult at a pretty big group of Americans recently. Specifically, Mr. Trump said that Americans who don’t support him, so-called “Never Trumpers,” …
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By Don Amend
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11/21/19
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This appearance of The Amend Corner is sort of significant — at least as significant as a column produced by a guy like me can be.
I realized that this was a significant column while …
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By Don Amend
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10/24/19
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Should President Trump be impeached?
Maybe, or maybe not, but the House of Representatives has taken a big step beyond just talking about impeachment, opening an investigation of the president to …
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By Don Amend
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10/10/19
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A few months ago, I reached the ripe old age of three score and 15 years.
One of the benefits of reaching such an advanced age is that I have quite a lot of free time. I have no job — …
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By Don Amend
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9/17/19
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If you are a regular reader of this column, you know there are times when writing and my brain don’t want to work together.
This is one of those times.
I suppose I could give up and send …
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By Don Amend
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9/3/19
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Space travel seems to be a hot topic these days.
Among other things, there is a bunch of interest in sending astronauts back to the moon, and this time, they should stay awhile and even build a …
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By Don Amend
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8/15/19
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Well, summer is approximately half over now, and my wife and I have already experienced the high point of the season — the biennial reunion of the cousins.
Every two years, our son’s …
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By Don Amend
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7/30/19
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Nearly three decades ago, two young girls began to exchange letters, beginning a friendship despite being separated by many miles. Recently the two girls, now in the 40s, met each other in person for …
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By Don Amend
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6/25/19
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I had a good laugh over something I read in the news recently.
At least I did until I realized what the item says about Americans, and I decided it wasn’t so funny after all.
The item was …
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By Don Amend
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6/13/19
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I seem to have been a bit lax in my duty to the readers of this column this year.
To put it simply, ever since the calendar rolled to a new year, I haven’t written my usual number of essays …
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By Don Amend
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6/4/19
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I have always been a drug-free person.
At least I used to be such a person, before myeloma and diabetes caught up with me a few years ago. Between the two conditions, I am ingesting a frightening …
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By Don Amend
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5/14/19
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There was big news on the astronomy front earlier this month when a team of researchers managed to take the picture of an actual black hole. It was an impressive achievement, but some people used the …
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By Don Amend
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4/23/19
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Big changes came to the world a century ago.
With the end of World War I, the German Empire — a collection of Germanic principalities — was dismantled, and its emperor, the kaiser, …
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By Don Amend
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3/12/19
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I've spent a lot of time at the opera the last couple of weeks.
Actually, I haven’t actually been at the opera. More accurately, the opera has been coming to my house, thanks, of course, to …
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By Don Amend
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2/5/19
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I have been visiting the past in my reading, as usual, by learning about the life and career of a guy named Whittaker Chambers.
If you are wondering who Whittaker Chambers is, and why someone …
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By Don Amend
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1/22/19
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Last week, we were faced with a disaster.
Actually, as disasters go, it wasn’t much. In fact, I’m a little embarrassed to call what almost happened a disaster. It wasn’t as …
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By Don Amend
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12/18/18
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My reading interests took an uncharacteristic turn last week.
For most of my adult life, I have preferred to read non-fiction — especially history and current events — to reading …
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By Don Amend
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12/6/18
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