2008 Woodie Awards
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Travelin' the Globe:
Overcoming Euro culture shock
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WARREN - It's safe to assume there will be one or two differences between Ohio and Austria. I'm back home after a wonderful weekend in Bowling Green with less than a month until I depart for Europe. The planning aspect of my trip that I'm working on now is reading my Rick Steves' "Germany & Austria 2008" guidebook.
Such a long way in just 45 years
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It is an old cliché: "You can't know where you're going until you know where you've been." The year was 1963. In January, Alabama Gov. George Wallace declared boldly in his inauguration speech, "Segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!" That same year, Harvey Gantt, a black student, enrolled at Clemson University in South Carolina -- the last state holding fast to racial segregation.
The Democrats' show is done, let's all go vote Republican
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I hoped. I believed. Barack Obama let me down. Earlier this summer I donated $5.80 to Obama's campaign. Those of you who've had the pleasure of reading my columns in the past may wonder why I, a committed conservative Republican, would do such a thing. The reason is that the campaign was giving anyone who donated at least $5 a chance to win a trip to the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Denver to meet Obama and watch last night's speech in person.
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