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Bob Bestler | A great Boy Scout I was not

I haven't thought about my Boy Scout days for years, but all this talk about the admission of gays has brought back a lot of memories.

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Bob Bestler | Unnamed donor’s contribution adds major boost to McClellanville fund for N.J. town hit by Hurricane Sandy

Back in November I wrote about the effort in McClellanville to repay Toms River, N.J., for the overwhelming contribution it made to this small village in the wake of Hurricane Hugo in 1989.
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Bob Bestler | Who’s most trusted in America? You’d be surprised; or not

I'm not sure if this is a sign of the apocalypse or just a comment on people who respond to a Reader's Digest survey on trust.
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Bob Bestler | An ‘explanation’ for Tiger Woods’ greatness

I doubt that many in this golf capital missed it, but Tiger Woods is definitely back.
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Bob Bestler | Whew! Science proves too much sleep not healthy either

I've worried most of my life about the small amount of daily sleep I get.
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On the Loose | Bemoaning the manners of ‘Myrtle Manor’

I told a friend a few weeks ago that I would probably watch ``Welcome to Myrtle Manor'' because, you know, it's like a part of my job.
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Reading key in early years of children’s lives

We gave our grandson Jacob a complete set of Harry Potter books for Christmas.
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Bob Bestler | Reading is important, just ask my grandson

We gave our grandson Jacob a complete set of Harry Potter books for Christmas.
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Bob Bestler | Sports will save me from a TV-free lifestyle

This is not an easy thing to admit, but I’ve been a television addict since I watched my first Charlie Chan movie – or was it Boston Blackie? – at a friend’s home in the early ’50s.
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Bob Bestler | A chicken in every pot, a gun on every [law-abiding] hip?

Several years ago I wrote a column supporting the Brady gun control bill then making its way through Congress.