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Jim Kempton

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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

Wavelengths: Do Small Ponds Grow Bigger Fish?

Looking at colleges for next year? It might be wise to re-consider your top choice By Jim Kempton David & Goliath, prize-winning author Malcolm Gladwell’s…

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DP LIVING, DP Living Headlines

Wavelengths: Giving Proportionate to Earning

Big donations often get lots of media coverage. But is the charity as “sterling” as it might seem? By Jim Kempton A little more than…

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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

Wavelenghts: The Luck of the Draw

“It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck.” – Joseph Conrad By Jim Kempton Why do Americans have such a…

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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

Wavelengths: Cutting the Red Tape Blues

Civil War history of the term ‘red tape’ provides stark idea of costs By Jim Kempton The expression “red tape” describes the annoying way that…

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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

The Importance of the £50 Shirt

A Story of the surf industry’s infancy and its lasting worldwide appeal By Jim Kempton “I’ll give you 50 pounds for that shirt.” I was…

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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

Wavelengths: Real Conservative Thinking

Conserving is one of the smartest things we can do, but it requires us to do more than just rail against our own government By…

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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

Wavelengths: Start the 2014 Resolutions Later

Guest Opinion: Consider a new time, not so far off, for resolutions By Jim Kempton New Year’s has become the accepted time to make our…

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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

Wavelengths: The Meaning of the Good Samaritan

A different biblical tale carries the best Christmas message By Jim Kempton While we tend to think of our Christmas carols, of frosty snowmen, little…

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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

Wavelengths: 50 Shades of Gray

Forget the silly book by the same title. The color gray is the tint of truth. By Jim Kempton My father once told me, “It…

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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

Wavelengths: Dwight Was Right

We worry about small things our taxes pay but big things sometimes go unnoticed By Jim Kempton Comic Larry the Cable Guy recently asked a…

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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

Wavelengths: The Secrets of Spending

If we want to shrink the budget deficit, shouldn’t we know where our taxes are being spent?  By Jim Kempton While the Congress dithers about…

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Wavelengths: The Luck of the Draw

Sometimes the little things add up to success By Jim Kempton It is an old but well worn maxim that if we work hard, persevere,…

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Wavelengths: Security and Freedom

Americans seem to have forgotten the reasons behind our Bill of Rights “Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve,…

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Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX

Wavelengths: The Politics of Marriage and Fiscal Fidelity

Do Republicans Wear the Pants and Democrats Drop them?  By Jim Kempton The Republican Party has the long-standing reputation of being the fiscally tough, low…

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Wavelengths: Generation Gap 2.0

America’s generation gap between baby boomers and their parents is not like today’s By Jim Kempton Never, when I was in high school or college,…

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