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The retirement tightrope

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Balancing dreams, realities

The allure of retirement paints a seductive image: golden sands beneath one’s feet, the luxury of time to rediscover long-lost hobbies, and an escape from the unrelenting pace of working life. It’s a time many look forward to, often spending years meticulously planning and daydreaming...

Letter to the Editor: Why is a fertilized condor egg treated differently than a fertilized human egg?

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Conservation is done for many animals in the animal kingdom. Millions of dollars are spent each year to preserve or save one endangered species or another.

Several years ago one of those was the condor.

Pictures of helicopters hovering over nests as angry condors parents watched as conservationists raided the nest, took the fertilized egg, placed it in a padded box, and flew away with it. The egg was tenderly cared for, kept in an incubator, turned regularly, and monitored closely. If the egg had been dropped and broken it would have been considered a great loss.

Since 2020, a large debate has taken place over abortion rights again. When does life begin?

Here is the textbook picture...

What you need to know about probate

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When it comes to the topic of probate, there's a lot of anxiety surrounding it. We often hear horror stories in the media about the complications and expenses that could eat into an estate's value. But is probate as daunting as it's made out to be?

First, let's clarify what probate is: It's the legal process after someone dies to ensure their Will is valid and assets are distributed according to their wishes. Whether or not probate is something to worry about depends on various factors. These may include the estate's size and intricacy, the specifics of the deceased's Will, their state of residence, and even where their assets are located.

SOME COMMON CONCENRS ABOUT PROBATE

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The cards don’t lie - The difference between lie, lay

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Over the past year, I’ve gotten back into the hobby of collecting baseball cards. As a child of the 1980s, I specialize in collecting the overproduced sets that pushed the hobby hurtling over the cliff of monetary value into a chasm of low values. However, I still find myself drooling over Nolan Ryan cards and Bo Jackson rookies.

In the world of baseball card collecting, where the pursuit of the perfect mint-condition specimen can consume hours, days or even years, there's one grammatical conundrum that can leave even the most seasoned collector scratching their heads: the proper usage of "lay" and "lie."

I know you were wondering how I’d tie baseball card collecting to grammar...

Making the ‘moist’ of 2023

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I don’t often watch TikTok videos, but, when I do, they involve giant jars of mayonnaise. In a bold bid to crown "moist" the 2023 Merriam-Webster Word of the Year, the Kraft company made a grand gesture by delivering an 8-foot-tall jar of mayonnaise to the eponymous dictionary’s headquarters. While “moist” is often considered an unpleasant word, it is actually the perfect word to capture the year 2023.

The reason? Moist is actually a very timely word.

The year 2023 has been a year of extremes. We have experienced both record heat and record rainfall. We have seen both political turmoil and social unrest.In a world so often divided, moist is a word that can bring us together...

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