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I dreaded the coming of Sunday, March 12.
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By Tom Purcell, Special to the Katy Times
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3/15/23
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Along with identifying as “Swifties,” ignoring the reported Chinese threat of bad dancing posed by TikTok, and pretending that plant-based meat is actually edible, many young people in America are engaging in another fascinating trend—not driving.
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By Jase Graves, Special to the Katy Times
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3/15/23
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I’m heartbroken that cartoonist Scott Adams recently self-destructed—but hold the presses! This big, beautiful world still has plenty of comic strips to tickle our funny bones.
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By Danny Tyree, Special to the Katy Times
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3/9/23
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It’s at once amazing and troublesome.
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By Tom Purcell, Special to the Katy Times
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3/9/23
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In many of my writings, I’ve discussed my “three teenage daughters.” It was a neat, concise way of referring to the people who made me what I am today—deeply in debt.
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By Jase Graves, Special to the Katy Times
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3/2/23
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I just heard about a local business losing a major customer over a trivial misunderstanding.
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By Danny Tyree, Special to the Katy Times
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3/2/23
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Who needs forensics and gunfire?
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By Danny Tyree, Special to the Katy Times
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2/23/23
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There are no small number of accusations lately that—shocking as it may be—some of our politicians are lying to us.
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By Tom Purcell, Special to the Katy Times
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2/23/23
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All my father ever wanted as a young man was to marry my mother and start a family—plans that were interrupted when he was drafted into the Army during the Korean conflict.
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By Tom Purcell, Special to the Katy Times
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2/16/23
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On a recent family vacation to New York City over the holidays, I brought home exactly one souvenir (I ate the others). While we were freezing our philtrums at the Bryant Park Winter Village Holiday Market in Midtown Manhattan, I was teen-pressured by my three daughters into purchasing a “manly beaded bracelet.” (I’m pretty sure that’s an oxymoron.)
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By Jase Graves, Special to the Katy Times
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2/16/23
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Middle-class philanthropy may be dying.
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By Danny Tyree, Special to the Katy Times
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2/9/23
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It’s one of the best days of the year and we owe our gratitude to the remarkable man who made it possible.
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By Tom Purcell, Special to the Katy Times
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2/9/23
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I’ve never been a huge fan of hot chocolate. For some reason, I don’t enjoy cauterizing the inside of my mouth after being duped by the deceptively-tepid whipped cream or marshmallow topping.
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By Jase Graves, Special to the Katy Times
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2/2/23
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Groundhog Day cannot come soon enough.
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By Tom Purcell, Special to the Katy Times
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2/2/23
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According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, the demand for older models in the fashion and cosmetics industries is exploding.
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By Danny Tyree, Special to the Katy Times
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1/26/23
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I love my gas stove—almost as much as I love my Weber gas grill.
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By Tom Purcell, Special to the Katy Times
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1/26/23
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“Time Enough at Last.”
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By Danny Tyree, Special to the Katy Times
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1/19/23
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In the 1980s, I repeatedly watched a recorded copy of the film “Escape from New York” on my family’s Panasonic VCR—complete with tuning knobs the size of hubcaps.
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By Jase Graves, Special to the Katy Times
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1/19/23
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Barbara Walters might never have become a powerful force in broadcast journalism had she lacked the chutzpah to extract a promise from her bosses at NBC News in 1973.
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By Peter Funt, Special to the Katy Times
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1/12/23
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Earmarks are back and they’re costing American taxpayers a bundle.
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By Tom Purcell, Special to the Katy Times
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1/12/23
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