To protect cows from stray metal, dairy farmers give them magnets. The words of wisdom parents give their children serve a similar purpose: to help protect them from being injured by the dangers and temptations they’re certain to encounter in life.
Letter from Washington
Dry cleaning and all that jazz
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Rochester native Jon Simon, a former Eastman Community Music School student, excels in business and music. The Washington D.C. resident has toured widely, performing music from his nine recordings.
Letter from Washington
The Four Chaplains’ heroism is a lesson for us today
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Their selflessness and focus on our common humanity aboard a torpedoed U.S. Army Transport ship during World War II carries a message that may be of special value to our divided nation.
Letter from Washington
Going wild near Washington
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The National Wildlife Visitor Center at Patuxent Research Refuge is home to a research facility and the largest undisturbed area —with forests, meadows, and lakes—in the intensely developed Baltimore-Washington corridor.
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Rochester-born rabbi helps synagogues heal
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David Katz’s life as an interim rabbi, trained to help congregations that have grown dysfunctional,or that are in transition, has given him a singular perspective on the significant decline in synagogue and church membership.
Letter from Washington
Views from the nation’s capital
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Several Rochester natives who work in Washington share their thoughts on the assault on the U.S. Capitol.
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The D.C. power player with Rochester roots
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Heather Podesta, who grew up in Brighton, owns one of the largest lobbying firms in the nation’s capital. “I get to work on some of the biggest policy issues that matter in our country,” she says.
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Erin Perrine’s proximity to power
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As director of press communications for Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, the Rochester native has a high-pressure job that at times puts her in direct touch with the president.
Letter from Washington
Former Rochester journalist to moderate second presidential debate
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C-SPAN’s Steve Scully worked as an on-air reporter at WHEC-TV 10 in the late 1980s.
Education
School COVID anxiety: At least it’s not the A-bomb
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In October 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought civil defense drills and fears about being vaporized on the way home from school.
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And a charity for all
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Political requests in obituaries reflect our divided nation and they themselves can be divisive. Instead, why not suggest worthy causes for donation that everyone can be glad to support?