Ken Potts
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Men can - and should - express 'feminine' emotionsMay 24, 2015 6:11 am - Are men fragile? Emotionally fragile? A good many wives would probably answer "yes." It seems to me that many of our marriages operate on the assumption that men just c...
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Do I matter if they can get by without me?May 13, 2015 11:00 pm - A few weeks ago I found myself confined with a mild bout of stomach flu. Too sick to be up and busy, too well to lay there in lethargy, I found myself fretting over all ...
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Relationship may need more than apology to repair itMay 10, 2015 7:00 am - Sometimes "I'm sorry" just isn't enough. There's the sixth time in a row we were late for a date. Or the incredibly cruel things we said to our spouse when we'd had too...
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Inequality can lead to anger but also to changeMay 03, 2015 1:00 am - Who can blame today's women for being more than a bit angry? Sure we talk about equal rights. And we have come a long way in redressing the inequities in the ways men a...
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Road to a better marriage isn't on your parents' mapApr 22, 2015 11:00 pm - Imagine we want to drive from Chicago to San Diego. No problem. We just pull up an interstate highway map and … whoops, it seems the entire interstate system is closed f...
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A kind word about - say what? - the Naperville driver's license centerApr 19, 2015 1:00 am - This is a salute to the people at the State of Illinois Driver's License Center in Naperville. Say what? OK, I know that when it comes to kudos, we are not accustomed ...
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Smiling when you're down may brighten your moodApr 08, 2015 11:00 pm - Somewhere out there, perhaps even reading this column, are two people to whom I owe apologies. First, I'd like to say “I'm sorry” to the driver of the Chevy who needed ...
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Lessons in what it means to be a manApr 01, 2015 11:00 pm - I've been seeing a lot of angry men lately. Sometimes they come to me as part of a marriage that just isn't working the way it ought to. Other times they come on their ...
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Defining courage in new waysMar 22, 2015 1:01 am - What is courage? That would seem to be a simple question. It has to do with venturing into the unknown, with risking ourselves, with self-confidence, nerve, tenacity. I...
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Connecting with others puts our problems in perspectiveMar 04, 2015 10:00 pm - The man walking stolidly past the library door almost seemed too young to be a resident of the home. But the teacher and students who had come to read aloud that day out...