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Point of No Return — Christmas icons grab some national headlines
Christmas is, to say the least, a mixed bag. Obviously, there are the religious connotations and traditions of the holiday, focusing on the miraculous birth of Christ, and the dawning of the age of...
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Point of No Return — Another year, another crazy list of resolutions
There’s always hope, right? That’s what gets us through tough moments, or days, or weeks or months. We cling to the prospect that something better is waiting for us if we can just hang on through the...
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Another look back at our community in 2017
People around the country are sure to have very different memories when it comes to 2017. To some, it was a tremendous year of “draining the swamp,” “Making America Great Again” and turning over a new...
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Reader opposes right-to-work lawsEditor:It is illegal to force anyone to join a union. It has been since passage of the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947. A non-union worker in a business that has a union must...
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Point of No Return — Relax, David. Delaware still makes its mark
David Elliott has a bit of a chip on his shoulder. Or, in the interests of accuracy, David Elliott has a tax-free chip of scrapple on his shoulder. The Coastal Point graphic artist and proud Laurel...
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Point of No Return — It’s crazy out there, but it’s also pretty cool
Before we get started here, no matter what side of the political aisle you might find yourself on, this is by no means the “worst of times” for this nation. We once had a civil war, remember? It was...
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Point of No Return — Automation is a good-news, bad-news deal
The “infinite monkey theorem” suggests that a monkey randomly striking keys on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will, at some point, produce a given text — such as the complete...
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Point of No Return — Eagles face huge challenge after beating odds
On Wednesday morning, those with a clear view were able to see a “super blood moon” lunar eclipse — apparently the first one in more than 150 years.In continuing this week of awe-inspiring and rare...
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Point of No Return — As a society, we whine about way too much
Relax, Cupcake. Those are the words I would want emblazoned across my headstone if, you know, if I were a headstone guy. I like to think I’m more of a toss-him-in-the-Dumpster-with-the-other-garbage...
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Point of No Return — There is no one answer. But we have to talk
The 1893 world fair in Chicago (officially known as the “World’s Columbian Exposition”) was organized as a celebration to recognize the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus discovering the New...
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Point of No Return — More than one way to overstay a welcome
New York City’s Hunter College was founded in 1870 as a women’s college, and began accepting males in 1946. It is the only college in the nation that counts two female Nobel laureates in medicine...
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Point of No Return — Saying goodbye to a loved one is never easy
There’s a hole in our home. It would be a solid, educated guess to assume that I’m about to describe an incident involving our 3-year-old and whatever item happened to be clenched in her tiny little...
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Point of No Return — The winter that just keeps going...and going
If you are fortunate enough to be able to muster the mental fortitude to ignore the weather that exists around us, well, it’s spring. Obviously, by the strictest definition, seasons are dependent more...
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Point of No Return — One bad apple can ruin the fun for everyone
Me and my guys. Each spring, as attentions across these fruited plains shift to Easter and romance and professional baseball players plying their trade on sun-dreched fields with the scent of hot dogs...
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Point of No Return — We chat an awful lot, but I don’t think we talk
Do people still talk? I’m serious. Do people just sit down and talk about things anymore? I know we’ve become more connected to one another than ever before, thanks to social media, mobile phones,...
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Point of No Return — ‘You-know-who’ is back at his old tricks again
I knew it.I knew it. I knew it. I knew it. I knew it. I knew it. Oh, many of you scoffed. You laughed at the crazy “city boy” who was getting freaked out by the local raccoon population — particularly...
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Point of No Return — What happened to my precious little angel?
Part of me thinks I live in a haunted house. I’m not sure if “haunted” is technically the word I’m looking for here, now that I think about it. What do you call it when a demonic presence has...
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Point of No Return — There is an amazing amount of good around us
The world can indeed be a scary place. Particularly, this current world, at this current time. We could certainly use this space to argue gun-control legislation versus the Constitutionally-provided...
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Point of No Return — The mark we leave on history must not be a stain
As an amateur history buff, I often find myself wondering how people in future generations will look back at this current mark on history’s timeline.Will we be viewed as the “Age of Technology” —...
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Point of No Return — A Mother’s Day column from the heart… (my sister’s heart)
Any of you have younger siblings? More specifically, do any of you have younger sisters? You know, the type of younger sister who would blackmail you in a heartbeat once she discovered a hidden stash...
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Point of No Return — Only one more week until the ‘silly season’
There are a few questions each year I tend to ask whoever happens to be near me whenever the thoughts dawn on me:• How is it Labor Day already?• Why do I keep buying jeans that shrink every year?•...
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Point of No Return — Another season, another list of resolutions
Well, here we are.The doors are opened up to the outside world again, and another Memorial Day weekend is fully upon us. The days are getting longer, the air is getting warmer and the boardalk fries...
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Point of No Return — Capitals chasing away ghosts during run
The National Hockey League welcomed the fledgling Washington Capitals into their family in the 1974-75 season. The team was placed in the Norris Division, as part of the Wales Conference, and my father...
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Point of No Return — Sports betting brings questions, few answers
“Delaware Finally Comes Up With A Reason To Visit It.” That was the headline I looked at last Thursday evening on a Deadspin article written by Lauren Theisen. The snarky little piece discussed how...
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Point of No Return — When life gives you lemons, get a permit for a stand
There are few things that scream out “Americana” more than the classic lemonade stand. Except adults ruining things. That’s pretty “Americana,” as well. But let’s start with the lemonade stand. In a...
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Point of No Return — It’s past time we really start listening to each other
If the leaves fall and the oceans rise, where does the elephant on the moon find the light to the heavens? Yeah, I’m just kidding. That didn’t make any sense to me, either.But there isn’t a whole lot...
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Point of No Return — Enjoy everything that is good this Independence Day
The Fourth of July appears to be a red-white-and-blue oasis in the midst of a vast desert landscape of division and vitriol. We’re allowed — encouraged, even — to set aside our political and...
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Point of No Return — Another shooting — and this hit close to home
Last week, Coastal Point journalists wrote stories about the upcoming holiday celebrations in the community, a profile about the newest member of the South Bethany Town Council and coverage of an Ocean...
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Point of No Return — It’s a true test if you might drop your spouse
It wouldn’t be completely unfathomable to overhear a spouse suggest that he or she “carries” the other spouse in their marriage, right? I mean, from time to time, we all feel like we’re the ones doing...
View ArticlePoint of No Return: Are kids today lazier than before, or busier?
“Get off my lawn, you miserable kids.”Buckle up, boys and girls. I’m turning down the volume on my “Murder, She Wrote” marathon, adjusting my Hubble-strength reading glasses and easing my aching bones...
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