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Yes It Is, It’s True: I binge watched 4 bowl games in ’57
Sixty-one years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play... No. It was 61 years ago today that I spent the first entire day of my youth watching football…
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Basura: My New Year’s resolutions for 2018
• Add to my art collection, with pieces that complement items like my Mariachi Santa, armadillo carving, ironwood turtle, robed mudmen, and assorted Buddha icons. • Visit my old Marine…
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One Small Voice: Reflections on new year’s resolutions
It's the end of another year, which has me thinking about several things, seemingly related, but not really. (I'm sure there's a word for that.) Specifically, I'm wondering about calendars,…
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Army Bob: Liberals too often are zip code elitists
Let’s discuss the preconceived notions folks generate in their minds. I have a friend who, every time he speaks about the good folks in Dorr Township, does it in a…
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Ranger Rick: Response to Ms. Mandaville’s comments
As the esteemed contributor Lynn Mandaville responded to the recent column by Robert Traxler (Army Bob), a response to her statements and questions is needed to get to the root…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: ‘War on Christmas’ is war on truth
“No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot…
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Basura: The story of Jasper and his ivory collection
“Because it happened to you doesn’t mean it’s interesting.” — Anonymous (yeah, but it doesn’t mean it isn’t, either) Years ago I had reason to visit an elderly man living…
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One Small Voice: Buy Christmas presents? Bah Humbug!
Fifty-two years ago, Lucy VanPelt, of Peanuts fame, confided to Charlie Brown that Christmas is run by a big eastern syndicate. Before Charles Schultz, writer of Peanuts, put those words…
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Army Bob: If there’s an Internet link, it must be true
In comments about a recent Army Bob column, three people who regularly write in this esteemed publication attacked me for not citing references. One can assume that since one of…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: My list of truly thoughtful old songs
It seems like for the longest time I’ve believed that if a piece of music has words, they’d better be meaningful. I’ve been a huge fan of instrumental music, even…