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Army Bob: I tell you the truth that this is the place to be

by Robert M. Traxler Let’s discuss folks’ preconceived opinions of the greater Moline, Dorr, Hopkins, Martin and Wayland areas. Some of you good folks who have lived here your whole…

Editor July 6, 2017

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Yes It Is, It’s True: Canada to blame for Bygone Days delay

Yours truly and wife Coleen spent five days in Canada July 1-5 for an unusual reason — to get away from all of the noise of neighborhood fireworks launched by…

Editor July 6, 2017

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Ranger Rick: President Trump should keep those tweets flying

The media, both print and electronic (TV and radio) are in a frenzy following and responding to President Donald Trump’s tweets. I think his sheer audacity and direct link to…

Editor July 5, 2017

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The Subterranean: Pigs notwithstanding, ‘Okja’ not for kids

Review of Okja (2017) Available exclusively on Netflix **1/2 out of five stars Don't let the twenty-six super piggies fool you. This is not a movie for kids. After the…

Editor July 3, 2017

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One Small Voice: About the kinds of lies and Liar in Chief

There are two kinds of lies. Lies of omission and lies of commission. A lie of omission is when a person fails to give information to someone, thus allowing that person…

Editor July 2, 2017

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Basura: The beauty of night sky at ‘Windows to the Sea’

"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live…

Editor June 30, 2017

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Yes It Is, It’s True: Dorr’s soap opera begins 7th chapter

The 3-3 deadlock Thursday on the reappointment of longtime Planning Commission Chairman Bob Wagner represents the beginning of the seventh chapter of the soap opera that is Dorr Township politics.…

Editor June 30, 2017

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Army Bob: Unhinged left can’t get over losing the election

Resist, fight, occupy, eliminate, seize, destroy, kill, obstruct; words used by the good folks on the left side of the political divide, much more since the last election. A non-Socialist…

Editor June 29, 2017

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Yes It Is, It’s True: I choose Canada for the Fourth of July

"You can run but you can't hide" dates back to a taunt made by boxer Joe Louis during his fight against Billy Conn in 1941, according to Wikipedia. “There must…

Editor June 27, 2017

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Ranger Rick: Illinois broke and getting more so every day

The state of Illinois is broke. Illinois doesn’t have a budget and is entering its third year without one. The cumulative total of the state’s unpaid bills now surpasses $15,000,000,000!…

Editor June 27, 2017