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Guest AuthorMay 20, 2014

“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.” — Albert Schweitzer Friendship has changed in our social-media age. We used to maintain long-distance friendships with letters […]

Guest AuthorMay 14, 2014

The other night, I watched a Bravo “Real Housewives” reunion show in which a woman yelled through a bullhorn “You’re a dumb ho! Shut up!” at another woman two feet away. A split-second later, the woman with the bullhorn looked genuinely surprised when the other woman charged at her, furious, and began swinging. It was […]

Daniel TilsonFebruary 14, 2014

Sometimes it takes an in-your-face personal experience to remind you how bad a public problem has become. I’m talking about the ever-spreading epidemic of politically motivated, technologically insulated online incivility and awfulness. Now don’t go thinking I’ve gone all soft and squishy about taking the heat that Internet trolls and over-baked critics can cook up. […]

Guest AuthorOctober 24, 2013

The tragedy of Rebecca Ann Sedwick’s suicide continues to be compounded. One young life has been lost and two more are in danger of ruin, and one wonders which was worse, the lack of adult supervision that caused Rebecca’s death or the overabundance of it in the reaction that followed. Rebecca was 12 when she […]

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Steve Kurlander: Artie Lee: A social-media friend that I regret I never met

Nathan Holic: This is what happens when we forget that speech has consequences

Daniel Tilson: Self-restraint too often lacking in political cyberspace

Cary McMullen: An eye for an eye is not justice for Rebecca