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This week, dear readers, you have an opportunity to experience a landmark chapter in the history of this column with the debut of our first nature documentary.
As far as I know, the newspaper has never presented a nature documentary. I suppose that’s mainly because it would be a little difficult to...
This last week Americans recognized the end of World War I, Nov. 11, 1918, commonly referenced in history books as “The Great War.”
Millions of Europeans died in this conflict, along with large numbers of Americans who sailed across the Atlantic to join in. Others sustained wounds physical and...
One never knows what one might get to talk about on election night at the Union County Courthouse in Jonesboro.
Did you know there was an election last week? Mercifully, the election silly season has come to an end, and with it the seemingly never-ending cycle of absolutely horrible election...
This week, we’re about books...and places to visit...as in a reading list with 1,000 books...and a list of 1,000 travel destinations...
...as often happens when this writer sits down to write, one thing kind of led to another...
Last week, during a visit to Stinson Memorial Library in Anna, yours...
We are now looking at the “midterm elections” (between presidential/Congressional elections). It seems appropriate here to focus on the important educational opportunities posed by elections, rather on their specific political consequences.
While I have been flooded with funding requests from...
Much to the Surprise of some of those at The Paragraph Factory, Abraham Lincoln was on hand to greet them as they entered The Paragraph Factory on Monday morning, the 15th Day of October.
Mr. Lincoln, otherwise known as George Buss from the Community of Freeport in Northern Illinois, paid a return...
Recent statistics have come out on the topic of student loan debts of students in the United States who graduated in 2018. I find the amounts owed shocking and want to share important information for those sending children off to colleges in the upcoming year. Let me review a few of the statistics...
Last Saturday was one of those days which you wish could have stretched on...for at least a few more minutes.
After a rainy and almost-cold Friday in Southern Illinois land, Saturday dawned clear and crisp, with a bright blue sky and equally bright sunshine. The day was perfect for a little bit of...
You read every day that we live in an internet world. Particularly with young people, I seldom have to wait 10 minutes in their presence before they pull a cell phone or other device from their pocket and engage in communications with people far and near.
However, this past week there have been...
This week, we’re gonna rock...
...but before we do that, let’s ponder, or not, how the season abruptly changed from summer...to fall...to winter(?)...all in the period of less than a week.
I don’t know about you, but I was not ready to turn on the space heater in our living room. Our cats, however...
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