This Week's Column
by Terry Marotta

Ho Vomitato - November 10 to November 17, 2008

Be Ye Kind - Week of November 3 to November 10, 2008

Pink Ribbon Month - Week of October 27 to November 3, 2008


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Rules Rules Rules

Like most of us grownups, I came into a world where the rules were etched in the mind as if on those stone tablets from the Bible..
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New in Town

Every October used to find me driving with my family to the airport on a given day to greet a young stranger from Austria who would live with us for the year..
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Dreary Sleaze

Live and learn huh? I never thought a column warning women away from the resurgence of girdles would bring strong reaction but it did..
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The Kids' Hard Questions

You’re in tricky waters when you talk to small children..
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At the Park

In the park today the pigeons arrive like Kamikaze pilots, swooping low..
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Crime and Punishment

I ate last week in an ancient building recently made over into a high-end hotel..
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Girdles, Girls

Can we all see what’s happening here? To put it bluntly they’re trying to get us back into our restraints..
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