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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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!…
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The Subterranean: ‘Silence’ a sadly overlooked masterpiece
Review of Silence (2016) Available on DVD, Blu-ray and digital (Amazon Instant Video, Fandango Now, Vudu) and the 1971 Shinoda film is available on FilmStruck ****1/2 out of five stars …
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Basura: Crossing the line and the mixing of the races
I’m not old, But I been around a long time. — Delbert McClinton I recently returned a phone call from a woman in Alabama. I’d never met her. Her brother and…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: An inspiring, tragic story of Allen Armintrout
The story of Allen Armintrout is both an inspiration and a tragedy. Allen was born profoundly deaf, but overcame his handicap to live a remarkably normal and meaningful life, marked…
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One Small Voice: Have we lost the ability to communicate?
by Lynn Mandaville My parents fostered a deep love of language in my sisters and me from our earliest years. There was always a dictionary at the dinner table where…
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Army Bob: Gun control about as successful as War on Drugs
Let’s talk gun control. A man wishes to attack his political enemies in Alexandria Va.; he uses two firearms. The over-the-top hate we find in the media is not blamed,…