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Me and My Old Man: It’s Complicated
(Monte Dutton photo) Clinton, South Carolina, Sunday, June 21, 2015, 8:59 a.m. My father, Jimmy Dutton, will have been dead for 22 years in the fall. I miss him less than I think of him. He was a...
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For God’s Sake, Take It Down
I really should apologize to Mississippi, but I don’t have a photo of the South Carolina Statehouse, and Mississippi’s state flag includes a Confederate flag as an element, and it’s time for that to...
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The Mass of Contradictions
Even though there’s a rainbow, it doesn’t make me gay. Clinton, South Carolina, Saturday, June 27, 2015, 4:27 p.m. On social media, and particularly on Facebook, word spreads by angry ones. Twitter...
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All Hot and Bothered
Rosemont Cemetery, Clinton, SC. (Monte Dutton photo) Clinton, South Carolina, Wednesday, July 1, 2015, 1:30 p.m. Times change, but the Constitution changes with them. That’s the way the Founders...
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A Time of Fulfillment
Bay Side Inn, Alton, New Hampshire (Monte Dutton photo) Clinton, South Carolina, Tuesday, July 14, 2015, 11:46 a.m. The week started out unevenly, but, at the moment, the uncertain seems at least...
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Hey, Let’s Get Stoopid
Look at all the technology! (Monte Dutton photo) Clinton, South Carolina, Wednesday, August 5, 2015, 8:01 p.m. One of the reasons the world is growing more stupid is that stupid has become fashionable...
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Things Even Bigger Than I Am
“Precious Savor, Thou wilt guide us, till we reach that distant shore …” — Life’s Railway to Heaven Clinton, South Carolina, Thursday, August 13, 2015, 8:54 a.m. I feel incoherently profound this...
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Hardly Heavy but Worthy of Lifting
Football time’s a-comin’ (Monte Dutton photo) Clinton, South Carolina, Saturday, August 15, 2015, 1:26 p.m. Sometimes the mind needs to be cleaned of all the items that are too short to stand alone...
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Potentially a Time for Progress
(Monte Dutton photo) Clinton, South Carolina, Thursday, August 27, 2015, 10:18 a.m. No race this weekend. Maybe I’ll go to a ballgame. This is going to be — knock on wood — the least busy weekend for...
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Where the Ashes Fall
Wilder Stadium. Richardson Field. (Monte Dutton photo) Clinton, South Carolina, Friday, September 4, 2015, 11:28 a.m. This, of course, is Labor Day weekend. I’ve put in my share of hours over time,...
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The Questionable Decision of Awakening at All
A starry, starry night led to a murky day. Clinton, South Carolina, Thursday, September 17, 2015, 3:43 p.m. This has not been one of my better days, partly because last night was one of my better...
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Spanning the Coast
The technology is hard to discern. (Monte Dutton photo) Clinton, South Carolina, Thursday, October 1, 2015, 10:10 a.m. I don’t know what I’m doing. Okay, okay, people have said this about me before. I...
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Fashion Cents
So long, A-Rod. Ya whiner. (Monte Dutton photo) Clinton, South Carolina, Wednesday, October 7, 2015, 10:04 p.m. Over the years, it’s been my observation that most fans think their favorite (driver,...
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Signs, Signs, Everywhere Signs …
Business is booming at the Slander Resort. (Monte Dutton photo) Clinton, South Carolina, Friday, October 30, 2015, 11:48 a.m. Monte Dutton (John Clark photo). I haven’t felt the urge to blog lately....
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Trial and Error
Because flying is better from a distance, I used to enjoy watching planes land and take off at Sky Harbor International Airport from South Mountain State Park south of Phoenix. (Monte Dutton photo)...
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Thanks, Too, for the Hard Times That Make Us Better
El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico (Monte Dutton photo) Clinton, South Carolina, Thursday, November 26, 2015, 8:42 a.m. Monte Dutton It’s Thanksgiving. Cool. It’s my favorite holiday. It’s all...
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Football to My Advantage
(Monte Dutton photos) Clinton, South Carolina, Thursday, December 31, 2015, 1:04 p.m. On Wednesday, I realized that football has dulled me. Games were going on all day. I glanced at the TV from time to...
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In the Absence of Cam Newton
Alex, in plaid shirt, with his friends. (Monte Dutton photos) Clinton, South Carolina, Monday, January 18, 2016, 3:12 p.m. Monte Dutton What do you know? It was a Sunday with the NFL playoffs going on,...
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Dinglebert Trumperdinck
(Monte Dutton photo) Clinton, South Carolina, Wednesday, February 24, 2016, 8:01 a.m. This is a year only Dr. Seuss could possibly understand. I know that Trump, that hopeless grump. I want to kick him...
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In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Trump
Keeping the tigers at bay. (Monte Dutton photos) Clinton, South Carolina, Sunday, February 28, 2016, 12:48 p.m. This morning I heard that Donald Trump is again balking at the notion that he will...
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