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MAC’S KORNER: February 10, 2021

This edition of Mac's Korner was based on various pieces previously under publication between 2017 and 2020. In the United States, more people play softball than any other game. Basketball is next, then baseball, then table tennis. Wanted to know that, didn't you? Mac: Just pull the plug Last night, my kids and I were sitting in the living room. I said to them, "I never want to live in a vegetative state. I do not want to be dependent […]

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MAC’S KORNER: February 3, 2021

This edition of Mac's Korner was based on various pieces previously under publication between 2017 and 2020. A moral lesson with a sense of humor A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons - Kevin, 5 and Ryan, 3. The boys began to argue over who gets the first pancake. Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral lesson. "If Jesus were sitting here," she said. "He would say, 'Let my brother have the first pancake. I can wait.'" Kevin […]

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MAC’S KORNER: January 27, 2021

This edition of Mac's Korner was based on various pieces previously under publication between 2017 and 2020. Henry Ford: a resourceful man Henry Ford was born July 30, 1863, and can be considered a resourceful man. In 1908, his Ford Motor Company would develop the first moving automotive assembly line. This would allow for him to make cars more quickly and sell them cheaply. Soon, everyone was "hitting the highways." He would patent the first plastic-body car, using soybean products […]

todayJanuary 27, 2021 3

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KNAPP: Political “unity” is neither necessary nor desirable

“[T]o restore the soul and to secure the future of America,” President Joe Biden said in his inaugural speech, “requires more than words. It requires that most elusive of things in a democracy: Unity. … This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge, and unity is the path forward.” The good and bad news about "unity" The bad news:  Where politics is concerned, “unity” is a pipe dream. The good news: Where human flourishing is concerned, the ersatz “unity” […]

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MAC’S KORNER: January 20, 2021

This edition of Mac's Korner was based on various pieces previously under publication between 2017 and 2020. Spend your life doing strange things with weird people. I do! *** Another fine day ruined by responsibility. *** What's your favorite childhood memory? Mine is not paying bills! Relax, don't take life so seriously Don't take life so seriously. It's not like you're going to get out alive. *** Choose kindness and laugh often. *** Sometimes, the best way to stay out […]

todayJanuary 20, 2021 3

Saint Louis University Billiken Billikens

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GABE’S TAKES: Hey, Saint Louis University, what the hell is a Billiken?

Saint Louis University is a private Jesuit research university with campuses in St. Louis, Mo., and Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1818 by Louis Guillaume Valentin Dubourg, it is the oldest university west of the Mississippi River. It is also the second-oldest Jesuit university in the United States. It is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The university has accreditation by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. SLU has an enrollment […]

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Naples

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RICK STEVES: Naples: ‘Bella’ Chaos

As we've had to postpone our travels because of the pandemic, I believe a weekly dose of travel dreaming can be good medicine. Here's a reminder of the fun that awaits us in Europe at the other end of this crisis. Strolling through Naples, I remember my first visit to the city as a wide-eyed 18-year-old. My travel buddy and I had stepped off the train into vast Piazza Garibaldi. A man in a white surgeon's gown approached me and […]

todayJanuary 14, 2021 5

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KNAPP: Why not take Congressional proxy voting all the way?

The Hill reports that US House Republicans, who made a show earlier this year of opposing remote and proxy voting in Congress, are warming to the latter practice. US Representative Paul Mitchell (R-MI) gave his proxy to US Representative Abigail Spanberger (D-VA)  in early December, declaring by tweet that “I will not risk my family’s health in order to vote on key items.” Fast-food cooks and grocery store cashiers don’t get to assign their work to proxies. They show up […]

todayDecember 30, 2020 19

Commentary

OP-ED: Local elections plagued with low voter turnout

The post-presidential election hangover has hit most people. Congress and current President Donald Trump battled over COVID-19 and Congressional appropriations over the week. About the only real effect everyone will feel from either of those two massive spending bills is a $600 a week check of your own money and probably a tax hike down the line when Congress has to figure out a way to pay for it. The things that do affect you directly are coming up in […]

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