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My Wish for 2011: A Better Next Decade
By not in system - AOL NewsAt sunset every New Year's, we make a bonfire at Herring Cove Beach in Provincetown, Mass. The crazy curve of the cape affords a disorienting western view of sunset over water. And it has always been my contention that Provincetown, on the tip of Cape Cod, is so far east, it is actually in a different time zone. The sun sets at 4 p.m. In the wan 3 p.m. light, we drive to the beach with wood gleaned from the rump ends of friends' precious woodpiles. Some pieces still crawl with gray roly-poly potato bugs. We stand on the shoreline, guesstimate the high-tide line and dig a fire ...
This Holiday Weekend, a Pilgrimage Into History
By Chris Epting - AOL News
(Nov. 25) -- Thanksgiving is a time for family, turkey and football, right? Well, as we all learned back in school, there actually is a reason we sit at the table and give thanks each year -- and not just because we get long weekends. It's a time to commemorate the courage and perseverance of the Pilgrims. There are many places that embody this history, so let's drop that drumstick get ready to make a few Thanksgiving pilgrimages. Dave G. Houser, Corbis Berkeley Plantation is the birthplace of American President William Henry Harrison. The plantation is on the James River near ...
Gay Marriage's Biggest Supporters: Children of Gay Parents
By Sarah Wildman - Politics DailyBy now we've all seen (and, in my case, wept over) the images: couples long denied the right to marry swept up in the energy and excitement of a battle (temporarily) won. With the majority of Americans now polling (for the first time!) in favor of gay marriage, today Judge Vaughn Walker indicated gay marriages will once again go forward, starting August 18, in California. The move came in the wake of last week's Proposition 8 decision, in which Judge Walker ruled the state's ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional. "Proposition 8 ," Walker wrote, "fails to advance any rational basis in ...
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