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Lee entered our home like a quiet breeze, yet I felt her presence like a powerful force of nature. It was 1965, and I was just 3 years old, but I remember her arrival vividly. She carried with her a ...

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Our country’s preoccupation with social over-sensitivity and political correctness has wiped out some of our best traditions.

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