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To all you Grateful Dead fans

To all you Grateful Dead fans

August 30, 2014

As I rapidly approach my 56th birthday, I got the biggest kick out this license plate today: Oh, well, a touch of gray, kinda suits

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Tales From the Fatherhood: The driving test!

Tales From the Fatherhood: The driving test!

August 29, 2014

In a regular rite of passage that strikes fear in the heart of the staunchest of suburban parents everywhere, I took my eldest son to

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This is the August 28th edition of Left, Right and You!

This is the August 28th edition of Left, Right and You!

August 28, 2014

A huge thank you to Derke Price for taking the time to come into the studio and provide the professional viewpoint on how to clear

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Tales From the Fatherhood: Why the laundry can be so frightening

Tales From the Fatherhood: Why the laundry can be so frightening

August 28, 2014

Thankfully, of all the things this existence can throw at you, not many can send me scurrying for the crawlspace. That short list includes, an

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Left, Right and You is coming up at 3 o'clock!

Left, Right and You is coming up at 3 o'clock!

August 28, 2014

On today’s show, Ancel Glink’s Derke Price joins us in the studio to discuss the nitty gritty of jumping into the electoral process. Larry and

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Beware the dreaded mayoral "Edifice Complex"

Beware the dreaded mayoral "Edifice Complex"

August 27, 2014

Back when I used to toil for the papers and Patch, on occasion, we’d discuss a malady known as “The Municipal Mindset.” It’s a disease

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Violence isn’t arbitrary!

Violence isn’t arbitrary!

August 26, 2014

Even more ironically, if you do carry a gun, you’re 4.5 times more likely to be shot during an assault and 4 times more likely

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Another View: Todd Martin on the militarization of the police

Another View: Todd Martin on the militarization of the police

August 25, 2014

While I have serious concerns about a Militarized police force, our local elected and officials & the public seem to broadly support SWAT style police

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It’s not about the Silly Putty

It’s not about the Silly Putty

August 25, 2014

The one thing the ancillary players – those folks who love to flit around the political periphery like a hoard of flies – long for

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Geneva’s getting ready for the riots!

Geneva’s getting ready for the riots!

August 22, 2014

Having recently written a column on the militarization of our police departments in which I described my utter shock and awe at the lack of

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