WHEN I board an airplane these days, all the middle-aged men are dressed like me -- when I was an 8-year-old. They're in shorts and T-shirts. And it's not just on airplanes. It's in business offices, teachers' lounges, and churches. The priest is still wearing a cassock, but . . .
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THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH is Unca D's day to review mutual-fund investments. You should make your own decisions about how to invest, but here -- for what they're worth -- are mine.
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FOR MORE than two centuries, even before the formation of the United States, the answer has been no. To ask the question was a fool's errand. Despite recession and depression, despite wars and rumors of war, despite bad presidents and worse legislators and judges, despite it all, the longer trajectory was ever upward. Choose your own measure. Material prosperity. Life expectacy. International power. Better prospects for women and racial minorities. Up, up, up.
But is that still true?
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. . . Diana, Adam, David, Danny, our extended families, our church, the Word and "The Word," friends, America, Western Civilization, and Jesus. I am thankful to . . .
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UNCA D and Lady Di attended a syrup-making in Hardin County last week. What a hoot. The full gallery is here. You can get a quick peek below.

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. . . to cousins Abby and J.T. Weems for their triumphs in the Piney Woods Fair livestock show in Nacogdoches earlier this month. J.T. scored in the premium goat category and Abbie in Class 1 goats.
Not sure which Weems goat I photographed back in July, but he, she, or it already had the haughty demeanor of goat royalty.
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