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If our nation's first president were alive today…
What would his pre-Selection Sunday brackets guesses look like?
What name would he go by when posting online comments?
Who would he blame for high gas prices?
Skier or snowboarder?
Would he license his dog?
What would he make of “creative” baby names?
Would he speak up when someone ahead of him in the grocery express lane had way too many items?
Could he do his own tax return?
Would he be OK with there being a bounty on drivers who text behind the wheel?
When he yelled “Get off my lawn!” would he do so just to be funny or would he really mean it?
What would he call his Hoopfest team?
Features writer Paul Turner is a columnist for The Spokesman-Review in the Features department. He writes "The Slice" column, which appears six times a week and produces general features stories for the Today section.
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Spudbob on February 22 at 7:27 a.m.
George Washington’s online name‽: CountryDad
arliacne on February 22 at 8:33 a.m.
Hmm… I’m not sure if George and other founding fathers would be pleased, or otherwise, with the way their new nation turned out so far.
lowtechmaster on February 22 at 3:35 p.m.
Suggest folks read Washington’s “Farewell Address” to the nation.
That makes very clear what he would think about today’s military-industrial complex , regionalism, and two-party politics. He warned against all of those, as well as entangling foreign alliances.