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10/01/2026 · Paola
The Two-Minute Pause That Protects Your Day
You don’t have to answer every request on the spot. A small pause before saying yes can help you make choices from intention instead of reflex.
Why Shakespeare’s Summer Day Refuses to End
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 begins with a famous question about summer—but its real subject is time, and the audacious little trick poetry can play on it. Read the poem as a wager: what if a few lines could outlast the season itself?
10/01/2026
The Power You Want Should Not Belong to Someone Else
Mary Wollstonecraft’s sharpest line about freedom is also a useful test for modern arguments about power: are we trying to control others, or finally govern ourselves?
10/01/2026
The National Ear: Washington’s Waiting Game Has a Price Tag
The country keeps asking who will blink first, voters, lawmakers, workers, or the Federal Reserve. Meanwhile, the bills keep arriving on schedule.
10/01/2026
The Relationship Is Fine—So Why Do I Feel Like I’m Losing My Mind?
Two readers, two very ordinary relationship problems: one partner who treats chores like optional side quests, and one ex who keeps reopening a door that should be nailed shut. The common thread? Stop waiting for people to magically become easier to love.
10/01/2026
Stop Pretending You Need Another Prestige Drama. Watch “The Pitt.”
“The Pitt” is the rare medical show that understands an emergency room is not a metaphor for America—it is simply a place where everyone is tired, bleeding, and making terrible decisions. Plus: four things worth your time, and one expensive-looking dud to leave in the digital lobby.
10/01/2026
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City Planning Commission Meeting
City Planning Commission Meeting The City Planning Commission will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, at 7:00 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers. Agenda: 1. Call to Order 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Roll Call 4. Approval of Minutes from the September 12, 2023, meeting. 5. Public Hearing: Consider a request for a zoning change from R-1 (Single Family Residential) to R-2 (Two-Family Residential) for the property located at 500 Elm Street. 6. Review Preliminary Plat: Discuss and provide recommendations on the preliminary plat for "Prairie View Estates," a proposed 30-lot single-family subdivision located west of Maple Avenue. 7. Old Business: 8. New Business: 9. Adjournment
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Two Florida Residents Convicted of Election Perjury and Election Forgery in No Labels Kansas Petition Case
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