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Paul Harasim

A Las Vegas businessman, a letter and a lesson unlearned from Korea

As this Memorial Day approached, Las Vegas businessman Christoper McMahon received a letter about the Korean War from his 88-year-old father, retired Army Col. Richard McMahon, who earned the Silver Star for valor during the bloody 1950s conflict that then-President Harry Truman referred to as a “police action.”

Boomers try to rediscover love

Many single baby boomers have made a choice to try and rediscover love, to try and start out on a new path in life with a fascinating new someone.

On writing and race, teacher still knows best

Last week’s story about the increasing economic segregation of minority students in American public schools made me think about a school I attended, about a teacher I had.

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