Jim Baumann
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Weaned on the Daily Herald, I still love the job and the people I work withOct 04, 2022 1:00 am - Some of my earliest and fondest memories are related to newspapering. Biding my time while my dad dealt with one issue or another in the newsroom, I would paint my hand ...
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Grammar Moses: I have become comfortably numberOct 01, 2022 1:00 am - Steadfast reader Kathy Canick writes that she and Barb Chrisman, whose name also rings a bell, were playing their monthly word games to keep their brains a-hummnin.' "A ...
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Grammar Moses: Yeet! They're adding new words to my dictionarySep 10, 2022 1:00 am - Just when I think I might be afflicted with writer's block, this manna from Merriam-Webster floats over the e-transom. Yes, folks, it's time for M-W to add new words to ...
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Grammar Moses: I'm your vehicle, babyAug 13, 2022 1:00 am - From the opening explosion from the horn section and Berwyn's own Jim Peterik growling behind the microphone, you knew The Ides of March's "Vehicle" was going to be a hi...
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Grammar Moses: I spell tomato and you spell tomahtoAug 06, 2022 1:00 am - An outfit called www.unscrambled-words.com decided to mine Google's search function data to determine which words we seem to have the most trouble spelling. After seeing...
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Grammar Moses: When word selection is a matter of life or deathJul 23, 2022 1:00 am - The headline read: "5 workers electrocuted while hanging gutter at LaSalle County home." Not our headline, mind you. My first thoughts were: I wonder whether that many p...
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Grammar Moses: Let me wow you with my balanced reciprocal capabilityJul 22, 2022 1:00 am - Judging by some of the articles in industry-specific journals, many of the consultants and salespeople I've heard speak and my occasional toe in the water on LinkedIn, i...
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Grammar Moses: Why is avenging so popular?Jul 16, 2022 1:00 am - Jamie Smith is a voracious reader, notably of British mystery novels. "I've been seeing 'revenge' used as a verb, and it always causes a me to stumble," she wrote in an ...
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Grammar Moses: What does it mean to be 18?Jul 09, 2022 1:00 am - If you were looking for a little levity today, you should probably turn to the Comics section. After the week we've had, my funny bone has gone numb. Let's see if I can ...
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From the Editor: Emergency news team formed to cover a holiday mass shootingJul 09, 2022 1:00 am - It happened the way most of these things do - out of the clear blue, with no warning. A week ago, Managing Editor Lisa Miner rang me and breathlessly said, "There's been...