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Bertha Cooper

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Think About It: The business of making pain pay

Putting aside the damage done to the lives of individuals and the soul of the country, we can…

Bertha Cooper

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Think About It: Readers think about it

I do not receive many written responses to my columns. When I do, I am always grateful even…

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Think About It: Do unto others

She was raised in what she described as a “secular Jewish” household. She took to heart the teachings…

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Think About It: Showing kids they matter

How do kids think about life and death?

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Think About It: Educational feardom?

Something tugging at the warm burrow I made for myself out of blankets and flannel sheets aroused me.…

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Think About It:

Egads! I am feeling a bit pushed into obsolescence lately. I do not like it. It is not…

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Think About It: Time on the bench

Nearly 25 years ago, we bought our Sequim home. The house was what some referred to as a…

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Think About It: Come … lie (sic) with me

George Washington, our first President, must be spinning around heaven; that is if he tuned into the most…

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Think About It: Musings at the end of 2022

In early December, husband Paul and I went on one of those nowadays rare grown-up dinners. The occasion…

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Think About It: Odds and ends

The time had come for the welcoming toast on Thanksgiving Day. Friends were around our table after arriving…

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Think About It: Yelling hate in a crowded movie theater

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging…

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Think About It: Americans elect common sense

I have realized that as husband Paul experiences and I shepherd the hospice process, I do not feel…

Bertha Cooper

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Think About It: A Halloween story

This is the story of the near-death experience of Penelope Peace. You have read about the experiences of…