Griffin: We’ve gone a long way backward

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“Unless women demand their rights politically, socially and financially, they will continue in the future as in the past.” - from the constitution of the Women’s Rights Convention in Dublin, Ind., 1851.

Franke: Virtue’s disappearance in our public character

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In 1993, William Bennett published an impressive anthology of essays, fables, poems and other writings titled “The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories.” This is an excellent reader for children of all ages, especially for bedtime stories. Adults may think this book below them but I would still encourage reading it and thinking deeply on the morals taught therein.

Morris: The court and balance

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Make it so.

Montgomery: Work Ethic

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I have entitled this “Coffee House Rambling,” Work Ethic. Unfortunately, I am afraid that some in America have never had it or, perhaps due to circumstances beyond their control such as government subsidies some have.

Smith: Keep government out of my charger port

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I remember the first cell phones we bought — Nokia flip phones with very strange charger hookups. The phones are long gone, but I discovered the charge cables in a slew of others in a drawer a few days back.

Morris: The last of the ‘keepers’

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Know what I will miss most about newspapers when they’re finally gone forever?