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Stephanie SalterSnow prompts radical mode of transit: Feet
By Stephanie Salter In answer to the many skeptical or scolding queries I received Wednesday, I walked “all the way” from home to work because: My driveway is 90 feet long; I don’t own a plow or snow blower.
Garth, Aretha, the Boss and big-screen TV — the U.S. arts rock
By Stephanie Salter Before we say good-bye for awhile to our nation’s capital and all it has represented this past week, let us sing praise for the American arts on display there. From Aretha’s Inaugural Day “America (My Country ’Tis of Thee),” to C-span’s documentary on the White House, the U.S. arts scene proves that the economy may be staggering, but there is no recession of creativity and talent in this land of ours. Where to begin?
The United States today — No country for old cynics
By Stephanie Salter "On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord." — President Barack Obama, Jan. 20, 2009 By Stephanie Salter TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A few hours before the 44th president of the United States was sworn in Tuesday, an ABC television reporter was stationed in the outer-outer regions of the Washington Mall, allowing ordinary Americans — with no tickets to anything — to deliver short messages to millions of viewers. As a camera swept the diverse clumps of people around and behind him, the reporter said, “This is a demographer’s dream.” A nation’s, too.
The battle wound is there, but not the blood — or medal
By Stephanie Salter It isn’t difficult to understand why Pentagon officials have decided to withhold the Purple Heart medal from military personnel whose wounds are psychological.
Two tech inventions Dad would have loved
By Stephanie Salter There are about a million reasons I wish my dad were still alive. Two of the little ones are satellite radio and automatic Internet flight tracking.
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