| Columnists/The Christophers |
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| Updated: February 3rd, 2012 |
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TONY ROSSI, The Christophers
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Wednesday, 02 May 2012
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As a boy, Daniel Murphy started playing baseball through the process of elimination. He realized he was too short for basketball, too slow for soccer and he didn’t like to get hit so forget about football.
Baseball, however, was a game for which he had a gift and a passion. After playing for Jack...
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TONY ROSSI, The Christophers
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Friday, 06 April 2012
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You may have heard about a recent court case in which an Oregon couple who gave birth to a daughter with Down syndrome sued their medical center and lab for failing to detect the chromosomal abnormality during the woman’s pregnancy. The couple clai...
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TONY ROSSI, The Christophers
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Friday, 02 March 2012
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You might think that a former defensive lineman for the Baltimore Colts and Detroit Lions would believe a coach’s job — especially a coach of young people — is to teach them to win games. Joe Ehrmann, however, says, “A coach’s responsibilit...
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JERRY COSTELLO, The Christophers
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Friday, 03 February 2012
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The civil rights struggle of the 1950s and 1960s is something fresh in my memory, and at times it’s hard to realize that not everyone shares those recollections. The fact is, I have to keep reminding myself, that for many young people what they kno...
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TONY ROSSI, The Christophers
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Friday, 06 January 2012
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Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Sarah Hart has a gift for music and lyrics, so it’s a good thing she didn’t follow through on her initial career goals of becoming an archaeologist or pediatrician. During an interview with me on Christopher Clo...
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JERRY COSTELLO, The Christophers Friday, 04 November 2011 Those of us who count ourselves as Christophers have always had a warm place in our hearts for Maryknoll, the organization that prepares Americans to serve as overseas missionaries. It was Maryknoll, ... |
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TONY ROSSI, The Christophers Friday, 07 October 2011 When Atlanta resident Andrea Roberts gave birth to her son Reece in 2002, she and her husband experienced a great deal of fear and anxiety. Reece, they discovered, had Down syndrome. The hospital sent... |
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JERRY COSTELLO, The Christophers Friday, 02 September 2011 As memorials go, it’s likely to be one of a kind. The 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on America will be solemnly observed, of course, but there’s no blueprint for the national mood. That’s... |
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JERRY COSTELLO, The Christophers Friday, 05 August 2011 Suppose you’re a single person with a college background, holding down an up-and-coming human resources job with a well-known discount retailer, approaching the mid-life phase of your life — and s... |
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Saturday, 25 June 2011 All of us have gone through tough times in life, but Louie Zamperini’s were unique.
While a member of the Army Air Corps during World War II, the B-24 that Louie was on crashed into the Pacific Oce... |
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