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Blog: Vegetable garden offers rewards and opportunity for hard work

Growing a backyard vegetable garden has turned out to be a little more work than I thought it would be.

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Swansbrough: China's one-child policy questioned

In l979, as many Americans know, China launched a one-child policy to slow the growth of its huge population in order to foster economic development.

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Male Call: Lower expectations for dating process

"It never works out," my friend cried on the other end of the phone.

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Roberts: Leaders lack bipartisan spirit of past

The thing that has despoiled the spirit of American politics is acrimony. We cannot even be civil toward each other, yet we do these speeches about how bipartisan we are.

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Swansbrough: Students in China feel extreme pressure

All Chinese high school students hoping to attend college next fall take the National College Entrance Exams (gao kao) on June 7, 8 and 9.

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Swansbrough: Students in China feel extreme pressure

All Chinese high school students hoping to attend college next fall take the National College Entrance Exams (gao kao) on June 7, 8 and 9.

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Male Call: Society, please stop singling out singles

Last weekend I experienced one of the most deplorable aspects of humankind: discrimination.

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Roberts: Things can be beautifully crippled

Roger Alan Wade wrote me way back in 1994 saying, "Some records are produced just perfect and the songs written right out of the rule book. But it ain't crippled, man, it ain't lumber with the bark...

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Male Call: Beware of the green-eyed monster

I have to make a confession. I've managed to watch about three episodes of this season's "The Bachelorette."

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Roberts: Happiness, misery need same work

Don't read Carlos Castaneda unless you want to be slapped around by little Mighty Mouse truths that leap out at you from his pages.

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Swansbrough: A Tragic Memorial

Over the three-day Dragon Boat Festival national holiday (June 14-16), one of my students took me to visit his hometown in Sichuan Province.

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Male Call: Dating: The never-ending eighth-grade dance

I had an epiphany a few weeks ago during a late-night text message conversation with one of my girlfriends.

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Roberts: Check out Max Yoho's funny book

Today I want to introduce you to a book but, more importantly, acquaint you with an unusual mind. As you know, I am a people collector. I love to fill my life with people who have interesting...

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Male Call: Good triumphs over undateable

I wasn't expecting a deep discussion when I had some guy friends over for dinner a few days ago, but I guess I should know by now to expect the unexpected.

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Roberts: Honoring unsung heroes

I am starting a series of podcasts on unsung heroes who have made big contributions to my life. For the first time ever, I have been jolted by the realization that unsung heroes impact us a lot more...

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Roberts: Success is using our thimble

I am happy that J. Todd Foster is going to be the head person at our newspaper. I read an article he wrote in which he tuned up a lady with a severe stereotype about the South.

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Male Call: Hello, sports fans!

“I know what you should write about,” my friend said. “Why women don’t like sports.”

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Roberts: Red Bank leaders dig their own hole

Red Bank City Manager Chris Dorsey’s decision to fire Police Chief Larry Sneed has now landed the city a lawsuit. The tragedy is that it could have been avoided by simple openness with the people.

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Male Call: What we have is a failure to communicate

A friend of mine recently received a marriage proposal of sorts.

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Roberts: There’s power in thanking people

Former Chattanooga Times publisher Paul Neely visited me in 1994 and asked me to write this column. I said, “I will try it for six months. If I like it and you like me, I will continue.”

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