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A Town House Christmas
Covid's menace has reinforced the pleasure of reminiscence, to hark back to the past for something treasured and secure. Shadows of uncertainty amplify the...
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A losing proposition
Let's add politics fatigue to covid fatigue.
Once we had buffers – family, community, our traditions. Today simple humanity seems warped by everything political. Masks,...
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On giving thanks
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, “God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are.” – Luke 18:11
As the...
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Talk with an old friend
The landscape turns brilliant, shudders, then settles in for a rest. Autumn is here.
In a time of covid and seclusion, affection for our surroundings...
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“Supermarket Socialism”
In late October, the Erie City Council unanimously approved a plan for their government to buy Stub's Market, the town's only full-service grocery store....
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“You are entitled to your opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts.”
A people amendment
By John Marshall
"You are entitled to your opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts."
– Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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Moynihan, who died...
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‘Freedom’ and freedumb
'Freedom' and freedumb
By John Marshall
A retired firefighter was arrested on Oct. 17 for threatening to kidnap and kill Wichita mayor Brandon Whipple. The man...
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The shape of the ball
Short takes
The shape of the ball
By John Marshall
Major league baseball is scrambled this year, starting with a covid-shortened season (60 games), empty stadiums and...
