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Opinion

Guide to stargazing: the Milky Way

Columns

In my last column, I highlighted some of the best objects to view in the night sky through the end of the year. However, becoming a confident stargazer takes more than a list of targets: it requires an understanding of the patterns and paths that shape the night sky. When stargazing, ...

Businesspeople need to transform to save the Earth

Letters to the editor

To the editor: Those things that are most important to a person are central in determining what that person does with his or her life. If making money and accumulating wealth are very important, the person who has these values will devote much of their life to doing business. If having a ...

Our enchanting, endless winter

Columns

The first snow of the year is particularly magical. Fluffy snowflakes lazily drift down from the sky, the kind of snowflakes that are more a collection rather individual flakes. There is enough space between the snowflakes that you can watch their arcing patterns as they float on the wind. ...

The 27th annual Holiday Train

Columns

Though it may be difficult getting off the couch after eating a full turkey dinner while arguing over the best use of leftovers, one way to work off the tryptophan is to help keep food pantry shelves full while watching a live concert. The Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern Holiday Train ...