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2 months ago | 
silive.com | Patrick O’Connor
“We’re the only country in the world that does this with birthright, as you know.” — President Donald J. Trump, January 20,2025. No, we are not the only country. As I see from my I-pad, we, the USA, are one of a hundred-plus nations who bestow citizenship on those born on their shores.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
northeastohioboomer.com | Patrick O'Connor |Patrick O’Connor
Turning What You Love into What You DoBy Patrick J. O’ConnorMany “Thrive After 55” readers probably have a mid-career child or two navigating the world of work. If so, the path of Tanaka Mupinga may provide insight into how to meet these challenges. Parents might suggest their children read this segment. It may assist them, if needed, chart a path to turning What They Love into What They Do. Tanaka MupingaTanaka Mupinga of Stow has had many life experiences, especially for someone so young.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
silive.com | Patrick O’Connor
So, using President-elect Trump’s logic, buildings should be eliminated to prevent deaths to birds along with his upcoming edict to get rid of wind turbines, or as he calls ‘em, “windmills”. Tall city buildings are responsible for many more deaths of our feathered friends, not to mention our household feline pets who kill an estimated 1.4 billion birds yearly in the U.S.Will they, cats, be next on his elimination list? Cat lovers…RISE UP in their defense!(Patrick J.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
silive.com | Patrick O’Connor
I came into this world just 14 days after FDR, who is thought to be in the top tier of all who held that office, was first inaugurated as president. But now it’s possible I may exit this same world in the midst of one of the worst holders of that same office. I could muse that I’m happy to be on the short end of the stick with the thought of him at the helm. That would be OK if I hadn’t grandchildren whose future will be affected by how this chief of state governs in the next four years.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
knowridge.com | Patrick O’Connor |Adam James Loch |John Maclean
Visiting a national park is good for our health and well-being. But the benefits are not shared equally across the community. Often the people who need it most are least able to access a high-quality dose of nature. We wanted to quantify the benefit to the health system, in dollar terms. After all, health budgets are steadily growing while urban green spaces with high biodiversity are often degraded and squeezed by development.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
northeastohioboomer.com | Patrick O'Connor |Patrick O’Connor
Turning What You Love into What You DoBy Patrick J. O’Connor~An entry from “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up”~One of the cool things about this Boomer place we’re in is, we can turn what we love into what we do. One way we do this is loving our children and grandchildren. They give us lots of Fluttery Feeling moments. Regular readers will recall the Fluttery Feeling is when everything seems to go exactly as intended. No concept of time… no boundaries, just thriving in the magical moment.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
gazettenet.com | Patrick O’Connor
E-Edition Advertise Newsletters Subscribe Home News Opinion Sports Business Arts & Life Obituaries Classifieds Calendar Puzzles PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER EVANS We need to differentiate between general bad behavior in youth sports and outright racism.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
silive.com | Patrick O’Connor
It was our first president who has the reputation of not telling a lie and our former chief of state, with the dubious rep of having spewed some 30,000 untruths while in that sacred office, who now in his attempt to return to that position continues to lie. Why, while our fellow countrymen are struggling in the wake of a devastating storm, is that prevaricator telling his followers the government is moving financial funding to immigrant causes instead of those in storm need?
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
northeastohioboomer.com | Patrick O'Connor |Patrick O’Connor
Turning What You Love into What You DoBy Patrick J. O’ConnorBruce Schneider from Solon has been having an amazing experience recently. He randomly learned that a small town in Belgium was hosting a celebration and dedicating a plaque to the airmen who were part of the liberation of Europe 80 years ago. His uncle George L. Baatz, Jr. was piloting the B-24H bomber that was shot down in June 1944, landing in an orchard in that small town. Bruce was invited to the ceremony.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
silive.com | Patrick O’Connor
A candidate for vice president admits to amplifying made-up comments that have accused Haitian immigrants of eating pets in his Ohio state Sunday, Sept. 15, CNN interview, and he promises to continue lying to the American people if it will rouse listeners to his and former President Trump’s side. What will it take to wake their followers to the dangers posed by these latest lies…untruths that pose danger to Ohio children, causing schools to close as bomb threats are received?
