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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…
Posted by 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…
Posted by 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…
Posted by 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…
Posted by 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.…
Posted by 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…
Posted by 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…
Posted by 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!…
Posted by Editor June 27, 2017
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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 …
Posted by Editor June 26, 2017
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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…
Posted by Editor June 25, 2017

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