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Yes It Is, It’s True: Rep. Johnson bigly proves me wrong
"I thought I knew you. What did I know?" — The Beatles, "I'm Looking Through You," 1965 from the album "Rubber Soul." The Firesign Theatre, one of my all-time favorite…
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Subterranean: ‘Death of a Nation’ payback to Trump?
Review of Dinesh D’Souza’s Death of a Nation Currently in wide release by Walter G. Tarrow Why? What is the intent, the purpose, the expected and desired outcome of a…
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Army Bob: Are all politics really local, as Tip told us?
A question coming to the forefront today is what is more important — the truth or social justice? Can we have both? Sure we can, but when a person is…
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Ranger Rick: With socialism we’re all equally miserable
With the recent primary win by former bartender Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez we have witnessed socialism unleashed in her words and rhetoric. Senator Bernie Sanders is a close second, but even he…
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Subterranean: Ted Kennedy biopic misses the mark
Review of Chappaquiddick ** out of five stars Available on video by Walter G. Tarrow In the very early hour of Friday, July 19, 1969, while the nation turned its eyes…
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Basura: 1981 was the year I almost joined Yooperhood
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. It goes on.” — Robert Frost In 1981, we went on vacation to Trout Lake in the Upper…
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One Small Voice: Public threats against press unacceptable
by Lynn Mandaville I recently came to the top of the hold list at the Chandler Library for the film "The Post," another acclaimed Steven Spielberg creation that artfully, and…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Apple is a double rags to riches story
I read with great interest a story this week about Apple Computer becoming the first company in history to earn a market value of $1 trillion. It wasn't always like…
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Army Bob: Dealing with North Korea is always difficult
by Robert M. Traxler The government of Socialist North Korea is said to be returning the remains of 55 Americans (perhaps some of other United Nations forces, not Americans) who…
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Ranger Rick: Left Coast politics brought on its own problems
The past few weeks have experienced high temperatures in California, Arizona and a number of other western states. The high heat and low humidity have made the chance for wildfires…