Columns
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How to evaluate the economy as we march toward the midterm electionSep 18, 2022 7:00 am - The economy is hotter than the sun, and it's being chilled by soaring inflation. Confused? Now you're getting the picture. When it comes to the U.S. economy, there are n...
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Policymakers should prioritize established and new small businessesSep 18, 2022 6:00 am - The pandemic has profoundly impacted our economy in ways unimaginable in the winter of 2020. Many employees have reevaluated their priorities and resigned from their job...
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False disclosure of permit complianceSep 18, 2022 6:00 am - By Barry Stone Q: When I purchased my home, my home inspector only reported minor problems. Now I'm remodeling the interior, and the building department says the bedroom...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Please release me, Mike LindellSep 18, 2022 1:00 am - Ya let me down, Mike. Ya let me down bad. I'm not a fussy guy. Third-rate is good enough for me. When my car gets dented or scraped, I don't get it fixed. I like canned ...
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On Hispanic Heritage Month and the ironies of La VidaSep 18, 2022 1:00 am - "I want to learn Spanish, move to Spain and marry a Spanish woman," said Brian, a man in his mid-30s, in a thick, Southside Irish accent. I, as a broke grad student wit...
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A mouse's motor home proves kindness still aboundsSep 17, 2022 6:00 am - I had a mouse in my motor. Not just a mouse but a whole large mouse nest, and a critter who chewed through the electrical wires, totally disabling the car! The final dee...
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Facts Matter: Queen's death brings out conspiracy theoriesSep 17, 2022 1:00 am - Elizabeth II, queen of the United Kingdom, died Sept. 8 after nearly seven decades on the throne. After her death, conspiracy theories about the monarch went viral on so...
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Spotlight: Elgin's Janus Theatre puts a new spin on an epic taleSep 16, 2022 6:00 am - Come to the 'Cabaret' In 1929 Berlin, against the backdrop of the rising tide of Nazism, an American writer falls in love with a British chanteuse in John Kander and Fre...
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'I go where I am needed': Batavia Chamber of Commerce honors volunteer Mary Anne CallahanSep 16, 2022 6:00 am - If there were a mantra for what makes a community volunteer click, it would simply be this: "I go where I am needed." That's what Mary Anne Callahan of Batavia told me w...
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Quiz yourself to test your cycling knowledgeSep 16, 2022 6:00 am - This milestone column, No. 50, calls for something a little different. Four years retired from teaching math, I still value quizzes. Let's see who's been paying attentio...