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Not in any yearbook!

Not in any yearbook!

May 30, 2024May 30, 2024

Aside from the Cancel Culture using the shifting verbal sands as a cudgel, some once-innocuous words, phrases, and symbols, through no fault of their own,

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On Proustian pastimes

On Proustian pastimes

May 28, 2024

As promised! Here are two of my favorite passages from the eternally impending The Curmudgeon: Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the

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Have a great Memorial Day weekend!

Have a great Memorial Day weekend!

May 24, 2024May 24, 2024

America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor. – Paul Tsongas It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who

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On the lack of local government prescience

On the lack of local government prescience

May 23, 2024

Given their particular penchant for flights of fancy, for specific reference purposes, we’ll focus on various Geneva, Illinois, mayor and city council. Though this mien

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On speaking and removing all doubt

On speaking and removing all doubt

May 21, 2024May 21, 2024

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt. – Often attributed to Mark Twain or Abraham

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Slating needs to go, but not this way!

Slating needs to go, but not this way!

May 16, 2024

Don’t trust idiots! – J. B. Pritzker Talk about something cogent coming straight from the horse’s mouth! It’s hard to argue with the Governor when,

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The Paramount still sucks!

The Paramount still sucks!

May 14, 2024May 14, 2024

I wasn’t going to cover this stupidity because it might be considered a bit self-serving. But when describing the silly scenario to a favorite friend,

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So now Dollar Stores are the root of all evil?

So now Dollar Stores are the root of all evil?

May 9, 2024May 9, 2024

Democracy is susceptible to being led astray by having scapegoats paraded in front of the electorate. – Frank Herbert First, those pasty white Machine politicians

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Quick Hits May 7, 2024

Quick Hits May 7, 2024

May 7, 2024May 7, 2024

Let’s catch up and follow up on some of the stories that have figured so prominently here over the years. He got a what? And

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Our suburban mayors’ entitlement mentality is quite taxing

Our suburban mayors’ entitlement mentality is quite taxing

May 2, 2024May 2, 2024

We haven’t tackled our local governments’ unrepentantly voracious taxation entitlement mentality for quite some time. This omission hasn’t been due to a lack of opportunity,

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