September 2009
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How I Will Always Remember 9/11/01
I find it hard to believe that it has been eight years since terrorists used airplanes as people-packed missiles to attack fundamental landmarks of our nation. The attacks of September 11, 2001, upon the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon, and the attempted attack on either the Capitol or White House still remain a scary event in my life.
The day that it happened was in the first few weeks...
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Mark Whicker: A profile in poor perspective
Mark Whicker of the OC Register went into the Sports Columnist Meltdown Hall of Fame yesterday. What got him inducted was a column that was based around Jaycee Dugard’s 18 years in captivity at the hands of Phillip Garrido. The man repeated raped Dugard, impregnated her twice as a result, kept her outside in low-grade quarters, and psychologically damaged the woman for the rest of her...
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