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Sean Dietrich Articles

Sean of the South | The boots were made for texting

BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION — How I ended up walking into a sliding glass door in a supermarket is pretty simple. I got a text from my wife. I looked at my phone to read the message and, WHAM! Goodbye nasal cartilage.I’m not surprised this happened, inasmuch as whenever...
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Sean of the South | Some very good dogs

BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION — It was the dogs. The dogs are what got me. A few years ago, we visited the 9/11 Memorial Museum, and we saw a lot. Twisted steel girders. Baby-faced portraits of the deceased. Mutilated emergency vehicles.But it was the dogs that wrecked...
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Sean of the South | Have Mercy

Have mercy. Have mercy on the children, God.Ordinary American school kids. Good kids. Kids who were at a church worship service in Minnesota when a gunman broke in. Kids hit the floor as soon as the gunman started shooting through the windows.It happened during Mass....
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Sean of the South | Waiting for takeoff

BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION — We were sitting on a plane. Awaiting takeoff. I am convinced that if you live wrongly, if you treat your fellow man poorly, if you are selfish, if you are not a good person, you will die and wake up in Hartsfield-Jackson International...
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Sean of the South

Aug 15, 2024

Becca's Vacation OPINION — This house is a tomb. Ever since the kid left. We’ve had a kid here at the lake for the past several days. Our...

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Sean of the South | Aug. 8, 2024

Aug 9, 2024

Josh the Greeter OPINION — “WAHOO! WELCOME TO THE WAHOOS STADIUM!” That’s what he’d always say.Josh Parr’s wheelchair sat parked at the top of the...

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Sean of the South | July 18, 2024

Jul 18, 2024

Summer OPINION — It’s a perfect summer evening. The world is moving slow. It’s hot. The sounds of the world are music. Crickets. Insects. Frogs...

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Sean of the South

Jul 11, 2024

Chaplains on the Wall OPINION — It was a weekend. A lot of people were there. And by “a lot,” I mean folks were standing two or three deep.It’s one...

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Sean of the South

Jul 4, 2024

The not-so-little leaguers OPINION —It was just one of those things. I ran into them in the supermarket. They were no longer boys. They were young...

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Sean of the South

Jun 20, 2024

The Tree OPINION —In my front yard is something beautiful. Something living. Something that sometimes reminds me of my mother.It is a tree, about 80...

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Sean of the South

Sean of the South

Jun 14, 2024

I heart America OPINION —An old highway. Somewhere in America. Two lanes. No shoulder. Faded yellow lines. Oh, the things you see while driving old...

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Sean of the South

Jun 7, 2024

Champions OPINION —The Scripps National Spelling Bee was broadcast a few nights ago on the Ion network, drawing a staggering 14 viewers not...

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