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A different approach this week – As a boy and young man growing up in Southern Illinois, I recall being warned of two potential dangers. They were beer and cigarettes.
While I was relatively naive, I knew boys in school who used both, even though our coach told them not to. Both were readily...
A note to all of you fans of the St. Louis Cardinals: check out the tribute to Adam Wainwright written by Sports Illustrated’s Joan Niesen. You can probably find the article online.
Speaking of the Cardinals...another tough season pretty much came to an end last Saturday, thanks to the Los Angeles...
This week, we’re just going to bug you. With big bugs. And a VW bug, too.
As you have probably figured out, I like to take pictures of bugs. And turtles. And birds. And deer. And bunnies. And the occasional person, too.
I have found that the critters can sometimes be more cooperative than the...
A front page headline in last Monday’s New York Times reads “China, Facing U.S. Hostility, Vows to Come Out Swinging.” Of course, most of our readers do not directly import goods from China, but this relationship, which could evolve into a major trade war affects each of us.
It is easy to overlook...
One hundred and sixty years ago this month, a fellow who played a rather important role in our nation’s history paid a visit to Union County.
The fellow’s name was Abraham Lincoln. Hopefully, I don’t have to say much more about his role in the nation’s history. I’m making what I hope is not a rash...
There is an interesting trend going on, primarily on the West Coast, that has interesting implications for education.
The trend seems to be to allow factors other than grades to influence which students get academic honors and even scholarships.
The basis for this seems to be that the academics...
Summer, it would seem, “officially” has come to an end. I say “official,” mainly because I like to occasionally use some “quotes” to make a word look more important than it really is.
Even so, pundits often refer to Labor Day, which we observed on Monday, Sept. 3, as the “official” end of summer. I...
The 2018 Union County Fair has come. And gone. The celebration of Union County’s long and rich agricultural traditions came to an end last week.
And, in keeping with tradition, yours truly took approximately 46,000 photographs during various visits to the fair during the course of the week. This...
Each of us has experienced inflation at one time or another that required us to review and change our spending habits.
However Venezuela with its currency, the Bolivar, has entered uncharted territory. Last week Venezuela reported inflation for their national currency had hit 32,714 percent...
This one falls into the category of “I probably heard about such stuff, but didn’t really pay much attention.”
Lately, I’ve been doing my daily walkabouts in the evening hours. For one thing, evenings generally have been a little bit cooler. Not less humid, mind you. Just cooler.
For another thing...
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