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Ranger Rick: The new year brings lots of good news

Happy New Year everyone! The winning just keeps happening. More people working, less people on unemployment, and profits are up. This is good news for African-Americans as the unemployment rate…

Editor January 2, 2018

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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…

Editor January 1, 2018

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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…

Editor January 1, 2018

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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,…

Editor December 30, 2017

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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…

Editor December 28, 2017

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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…

Editor December 26, 2017

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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…

Editor December 25, 2017

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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…

Editor December 23, 2017

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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…

Editor December 22, 2017

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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…

Editor December 21, 2017