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The Healthy Geezer: Aches, pains and the colon

When seniors gather, it doesn't seem to take long before we get to our aches and pains. You must get more than your share of that. My friend, Pete, has instituted a colonoscopy rule. He insists that, if a bunch of us geezers are talking about aches, maladies and visits to the doctors, everyone has to change the subject as soon as someone uses the word colonoscopy. Usually we switch to grandchildren, which is a lot more fun. But, while […]

todayMay 22, 2018

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Rix Quinn’s Minute Story: Toothbrushes

Where would we be without toothbrushes? For one thing, we might not have as many clean teeth left. My teeth aren’t all mine, but they will be after three more payments. Several hundred years ago, a person cleaned his teeth with a quill. But if he used that same quill to write a letter, the next time he brushed his teeth he might end up with ink on his tongue. So, the invention of nylon toothbrushes in the late 1930’s […]

todayMay 19, 2018

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Rix Quinn’s Minute Story: Termites and ants

Have you ever thought about termites? They look like ants. To tell them apart, I put the bug on a piece of wood. If the creature walks away, it’s an ant. If it flies off and leaves a hole in the wood, it’s a termite. And if it flies away carrying the wood, it’s a termite with superpowers. Here’s some advice: If you keep firewood in your yard, don’t store it near the house. Termites flock to it, and stage […]

todayMay 12, 2018

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Rix Quinn’s Minute Story: What’s really important in life?

What's really important in life? Today I want to tell you about Dan, a man who loves to save time. He never drives if he can fly. He never bathes if he can shower. He finished college in three years, the same time it took me to pass freshman English. He asked the first girl he liked out to breakfast, so if things went well he could squeeze in three dates that day. That night he asked her to marry […]

todayMay 5, 2018

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COMMENTARY: One Illinois — another example of political biased garbage media

One Illinois is only days into its infancy stage -- noting that they just launched a handful of days ago -- and it has become highly apparent that their content is just another example of partisan trash media similar to that of Breitbart News and the Illinois Policy Institute. Let's just use an example of their own political bias in an editorial from site editor Ted Cox: Shadowy political operatives dealing in disingenuous news create divisions by race, class, and […]

todayMay 1, 2018

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COMMENTARY: What’s with Manar’s disinformation release on McMillan’s education stance?

Illinois state Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) and his PAC known as Friends of Andy Manar released a press release Tuesday regarding opponent Seth McMillan (R-Taylorville) and his stance on educational reform. Manar's campaign team claims that McMillan is "contradicting his own website" regarding his position on education funding reform. The release goes on about McMillan describing Manar's education funding reform efforts as a "Chicago bailout" with some noting his stance conflicted with that of Gov. Bruce Rauner, who signed […]

todayApril 25, 2018

Business & Lifestyle

The Healthy Geezer double feature: hearing and bladder problems

Editor's Note: We normally publish this column on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, but we've dealt with some scheduling conflicts due to news assignments which overlapped which resulted in the first column to not be published on April 11. Additionally, due to similar conflicts taking place on April 25, the editorial staff opted to publish this as a "double feature" in order to catch up on the first column and get the second column published early this week. […]

todayApril 22, 2018

Business & Lifestyle

McCALEB OP-ED: Collapse of Harvey’s finances signals what’s to come across Illinois

(Illinois News Network) -- The unfolding fiscal crisis in south suburban Harvey should send shivers down the spines of public employees and retirees across Illinois. It also should give pause to taxpayers, who already pay the highest combined local and state taxes in the country and who continually are being forced to pay more because of unsustainable public pension benefits and a culpable state government that refuses to do anything about them. Last fall, Illinois' First District Appellate Court ordered the city of […]

todayApril 21, 2018

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Mac’s Korner: Week of April 18, 2018

Mac's Korner: Week of April 18, 2018 I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to go wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles. ***** You don't have to be skinny to be sexy or beautiful. Beauty is the size of your heart, not the […]

todayApril 18, 2018

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