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The Road Less Traveled My Foot!

A principal reason jurisdictions east of, say, Indiana should not be concerned they may someday experience difficulty collecting my property taxes is that I refuse to live there again.  This pronouncement may come as somewhat...

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Eight Was More Than Enough

With Summer upon us, like many of my fellow Americans I am out and about on the nation’s highways and byways for my annual visits back East.  Although I have to admit there do not...

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One Year Later

One year ago this week our tired, jetlagged, and sunburned family landed at Moline International Airport for what we thought was a summer holiday. We had made the trip many times before, and...

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Dramatis Personae

As if our daily lives don’t have enough drama, seems to me the folks at the Weather Channel are getting just a little too, well, dramatic about the weather.  Certainly, there’s nothing comedic about severe...

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The Morning Constitutional

Everywhere in the world has its own morning rhythm – the sounds, the sights, and the routine of waking up to a new day. Yesterday I changed my morning rhythm and walked on...

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