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Charles: Call those calls for unity what they are: Disingenuous By Cheryl Charles | January 13, 2021 8:43 PM

Years ago, in the not-distant-enough past, schools used to deal with the problem of bullying thusly: They would call both

Charles: What to keep and what to throw away By Cheryl Charles | December 31, 2020 5:11 PM

OK, I’ll admit it. I tend to hold onto stuff. I’m not quite the hoarder my husband accuses me of

To vax or not to vax. Should this be a question? By Cheryl Charles | December 16, 2020 6:30 PM

Let me start out by saying I’m not an anti-vaxxer. I had chicken pox as a kid, so I recently

It’s beginning to look a lot like … By Cheryl Charles | December 2, 2020 9:30 PM

Christmas isn’t going to sneak up on me this year. In fact, it’s not going to sneak up on any

Charles: Maybe it’s time to change perspective? By Cheryl Charles | November 18, 2020 6:18 PM

Last Christmas, when my husband, daughter and I traveled to my hometown to celebrate with my side of the family,

The end of an abusive relationship By Cheryl Charles | November 8, 2020 9:29 PM

This is a relationship problem Some of us, way too many of us, have been in relationships like this

Charles: This is a relationship problem By Cheryl Charles | November 7, 2020 5:23 PM

Some of us, way too many of us, have been in relationships like this before. Sometimes it’s because of our

Charles: Eek, it’s that time of the year again By Cheryl Charles | October 21, 2020 5:21 PM

I have a mouse scream. It’s not one of those cute girly ones like in the movies or the cartoons.

Charles: Trump is a cautionary tale By Cheryl Charles | October 7, 2020 8:59 PM

I’ve often said, and I may have even said it in this space in the past, if you can’t be

Charles: Inspecting gadgetry By Cheryl Charles | September 23, 2020 6:13 PM

I am an unabashed gadget lover. I’m not sure why, but silly little inventions that are supposed to make common

Cheryl Charles: When turnabout isn’t fair play By Cheryl Charles | September 20, 2020 9:07 PM

Those of us who have been parents of young children, or even if we’ve been blessed with being pre-schooler adjacent,

Charles: If it bleeds, it leads By Cheryl Charles | September 9, 2020 10:21 PM

Are you aware that almost 95 percent of demonstrations for the Black Lives Matter movement have been peaceful? If you

Charles: We are not a monolith By Cheryl Charles | August 26, 2020 5:33 PM

I’m probably seventh or eighth generation American. My 97-year-old mother’s grandfather — which means he was my great-grandfather — was

Cheryl Charles: Is COVID-19 revealing who we are? By Cheryl Charles | August 12, 2020 10:17 PM

Yesterday we put our daughter on a plane, heading back to the midwest for her final year of college. She

Charles: Inconvenience is not oppression By Cheryl Charles | July 29, 2020 9:05 PM

For all you non-mask-wearing, don’t-tread-on-me, patriotism-not-tyranny Karens, Kens, Beckys, Chads, and maybe an occasional Tyrone or Tamika (although I haven’t

Charles: Tradition, tribute, or tone deafness? By Cheryl Charles | July 15, 2020 9:01 PM

One might say I don’t have a dog in this fight. After all, I’m not a native Saugonian, I didn’t

Charles: It’s time we faced our fears By Cheryl Charles | July 1, 2020 9:04 PM

We are now halfway through 2020. What started out as a sad political exercise in obfuscation and obstruction (known nostalgically

Charles: Let’s reimagine police work By Cheryl Charles | June 17, 2020 9:05 PM

In case you missed it, another black man was shot and killed by police last week. This time, video evidence

Charles: Looters steal more than merchandise By Cheryl Charles | June 3, 2020 9:12 PM

I attended one of Sunday’s peaceful protests in Boston. I went with my daughter and a friend of hers who

Charles: Hell yes, I’m angry. Why aren’t you? By Cheryl Charles | June 1, 2020 9:11 PM

A couple of weeks ago, I got a call on my office voicemail from a local gentleman who was incensed.