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Kerr: Let's keep the state's ABC stores
When Governor McDonnell was elected he faced two challenges. He had to live up to his promise to not raise taxes and he had to find more money for roads. Given the state of the economy, this is a tough challenge.
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A squirrel note from Scotland
When I write about certain topics, ones I think are controversial, or at the very least ones I am convinced will prompt a response from our readers, I am sometimes disappointed that I don’t hear from anyone. The silence can be disappointing. But there is one topic, and this still amazes me, one that always gets a reaction and that’s anything to do with squirrels.
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KERR: 'Squirrel Nutkin' deserves a chance
The American Gray Squirrel, is, as anyone who reads this column knows, is my favorite of the woodland animals that live with us in the suburbs.
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KERR: What goes into making a gallon of gas?
There is hardly anyone who watched TV as a kid in the 1960s who can’t sing the theme song of the “Beverly Hillbillies.”
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KERR: Sneezing my way through spring
Nature gave trees and grasses a problem to solve. Just like any other species, plants and trees need to share genetic information with one another to reproduce, but at the same time, unless we’re talking about a plant from a science fiction movie, they have a problem. They can’t move from place to place.
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KERR: Advice for Virginia's Republicans
Normally the Republicans don't ask me for advice. I can understand, and what’s more, most of the time they seem to get along just fine without my help. However, Virginia’s Republican Party is in trouble and if it doesn’t do something, and soon, it’s going to be, politically at least, on the outside looking in.
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Maybe John Wayne had it wrong
America is often called a litigious society. In other words, we sue one another over just about anything.
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Watch helps memories tick on
Most families have a little something, a trinket or a token perhaps, that connects them to a generation before them. It can be anything. A tea service that belonged to a special aunt, a pen your grandfather used to carry, or in the case of a friend of mine, a St. Christopher’s medal that his dad wore during the Korean War. The possessions can be surprisingly commonplace, but for various reasons, they become a representation of the person who once owned them.
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