In her 30 years as a newspaper columnist, Ina Hughs has focused on issues involving human rights, children, women's concerns, religion and the environment. She has received numerous awards over the years, but says her real success comes from making readers think or laugh or to have something to discuss at the dinner table.
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Ina Hughs: Tough love could lead to healing
Published 8/15/2012 at 3:00 a.m. 4 comments
In recovering from rotator cuff surgery, I've been more of a couch potato than usual these past weeks, which is why I watched more Olympics coverage than ever before. From beach volleyball to women's weightlifting, I cheered them all.
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Ina Hughs: Bigotry has no place in religious life
Published 8/8/2012 at 3:00 a.m. 489 comments
This week I got an invitation to a wedding in Connecticut. Two close friends of mine are getting married. Finally.
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Ina Hughs: Pillow talk comes with pain, insomnia
Published 8/1/2012 at 3:00 a.m. 5 comments
So, you find yourself sitting in the den recliner, 3 a.m., the rest of the house asleep — even the cats and goldfish — and here you are watching a TV program called "World's Best Pillow."
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Ina Hughs: Book offers insight into tea party
Published 7/4/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 31 comments
"The story of civilization can be told in the conflict between the individual's desire for liberty and the state's need to establish order. Every government, once established, seeks to centralize and consolidate its own power at the expense of individual ...
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Ina Hughs: Toronto bans plastic bags
Published 6/27/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 20 comments
"Paper or plastic?"
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Ina Hughs: Best advice came from bumper sticker
Published 6/20/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 5 comments
"Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never — in nothing, great or small, large or petty — never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force."
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Ina Hughs: Green Lantern now a gay superhero
Published 6/13/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 26 comments
The Green Lantern is causing some people to see red.
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Ina Hughs: Does skipping ads make one a crook?
Published 6/6/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 27 comments
I'm expecting any day now for that little Jiminy Cricket voice in my head to tell me I am a dirty, low-down crook.
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Ina Hughs: Time off is not the same as time wasted
Published 5/30/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 19 comments
According the National Coalition for Safer Roads, more people run red lights on Memorial Day weekend than any other time: last year, more than 2.3 million drivers in 18 states, a 27 percent higher rater than on an average weekend.
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Ina Hughs: Concussions could sideline football
Published 5/23/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 22 comments
"He was dropped on his head as a baby."
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Ina Hughs: Personal preference not a basis for laws
Published 5/16/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 15 comments
"I know this is a very sensitive and tender issue, but this is personally what I believe."
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Ina Hughs: PTSD is more an injury than a disorder
Published 5/9/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 20 comments
The word "stressed" is really "desserts" spelled backwards. But try telling that to the estimated one in every five military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan who have post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Ina Hughs: Conservative justices strip Constitution bare
Published 5/2/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 37 comments
So. Conservative Republicans want less government intrusion into their rights and privacy. Have I got that right?
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Ina Hughs: On pig's feet, Brussels sprout pie and bacon milkshakes
Published 4/25/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 1 comment
While kids in other families played "Cow Poker" on long car trips, the five of us used to play a game we made up called Odd Food Combinations.
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Ina Hughs: Some men too quick to assert manhood
Published 4/18/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 149 comments
Joel Stein is my kind of anti-hero hero. If you don't recognize the name, he's a columnist for Time magazine, and if you haven't read his latest on "Short-Haired Superheroes," you're missing out on a few chuckles and some wise ...
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