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Basura: Halt convention, but open the schools?

“We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane.” — Kilgore Trout, in Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut Kimora "Kimmie" Lynum died on July 18 in Putnam County, according…

Editor July 27, 2020

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Yes It’s True: Smoke-free, gun-free laws badly done

A story from more than 40 years ago can be used to help explain the persistent misleading assertion that the City of Chicago bans guns, yet it has among the…

Editor July 26, 2020

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Basura: Reflections on throwing out the first ball

"Say the secret password, and a duck’ll come down and give you fifty dollars.' — Groucho Marx, host of the game show “You Bet Your Life.” I was once selected…

Editor July 24, 2020

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One Small Voice: Spins won’t alter truth about virus

“The science should not stand in the way of this,” said Kayleigh McEnany at a recent press conference where she was responding to questions about children returning to school amid…

Editor July 24, 2020

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Yes It’s True: Thank Army Bob for his job well done

“Politics makes strange bedfellows” — Adapted from “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare. This time honored phrase is perhaps the best way to describe my relationship of eight years with Robert…

Editor July 23, 2020

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Army Bob: Will left learn from the history of crime?

by Robert M. Traxler In Portland, Oregon, peaceful nonviolent protesters set up barricades to keep people in the building housing a police union headquarters, and then set it on fire.…

Editor July 23, 2020

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Ranger Rick: For the Times, They Are A-Changin’

As you age, things that were so clear when you were younger become clearer or muddied, depending on your perspective. I became a conservative after being a Democrat for many…

Editor July 21, 2020

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Swedish Rye Bread a great choice for making Reubens

by Kathy Hamman Miller Grandma’s Recipes slot of times called for a pinch of this, a dash of that, or mix it until the dough looks right. These kind of…

Editor July 20, 2020

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Ramblin’ Road: Mundane, but peaceful life camping

by Phyllis McCrossin We are still here. I guess that means we are here (at this campground) for the duration. It’s interesting to see the campers come and go. Big…

Editor July 19, 2020

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Yes It’s True: Cross country has least risk from COVID

So the Michigan High School Athletic Association today announced the bold and hopeful move to permit fall high school sports to proceed. Indeed, such a decision can be controversial because…

Editor July 17, 2020