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To the editor: April has been designated as National Poetry Month. One of my favorite short poems was written by Emily Dickenson: A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day. Two words that are often said and read in our times are “diversity” and “inclusive.” A synonym for diversity is “variety”. Inclusive means “including everything under consideration.” (World Book Dictionary) A student in the Rockford, IL area designed a banner that has been placed on numerous public schools there. The banner states: There is Stre...

I was never a girl who thought too much about my wedding day. My father, god rest his soul, has always been more interested in giving my sister and I advanced spelling tests from the back of the World Book Dictionary than talking to us about marriage. I don’t remember him even once telling me I had to find a good husband to settle down. Education. A career. Financial independence. Those were the things my parents taught us were important. Our kitchen table was rich with heated debates about politics and religion. My dad would throw a controversial comment into the middle of the room like he...