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The word liberal means open-minded, open-handed, generous. But in today’s America it is either a compliment meaning you feel for a more common purpose rather than the self or it can be used as a derogatory statement meaning you are artsy, or against the state, the flag and a host of other neo-conservative values.
The COVID-19/coronavirus outbreak may be new to us this year, but the scammers trying to take advantage of us are all too familiar. What’s different this time? Due to the physical distancing necessary for safety, it’s harder for seniors to stay connected with their usual network of friends, family and neighbors.
Even as roughly 1.3 million cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed worldwide, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been doing an incredible job keeping New Yorkers informed about the pandemic, which has hit the Empire State especially hard. He reports regularly on the facts, the science and the dire needs of the people.
I would like to extend an overdue THANK YOU to The Millerton News editors and staff for providing me a platform to voice the needs and concerns of our military and veterans — and to address our national security and the ever-growing rabid social discourse and hatred that have infected this country.
‘The best way to get beaten up professionally is to claim you have a pre-Clovis site,” said Michael Collins, U. of Texas.
Our oldest seniors, who lived through World War II and the Great Depression, may be the only ones alive who have experienced challenges anything like what we’re seeing now, as Dutchess County and the nation adapt to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak.
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