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Something is Very Wrong at the United States Postal Service
Photo by Joel Moysuh on Unsplash On December 12th, I mailed a batch of about 20 2026 Anglotopia Calendars to my customers. I printed the labels with my…
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Into the City – Living in the Shadow of Chicago
I love Chicago. But I would never want to live there (again). Growing up in Northwest Indiana, you are always aware that you exist in the shadow of…
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We Needed This – Autumn Arrives With The Rain
Autumn arrived this year with the rain. There was anticipation for days as the weather forecasters said the heat was ending, and the cool autumn would begin. The…
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An Opinionated Guide to Building Your Own Library
A smart person’s house should have a library. It is the duty of any literate, ponderous type person to have a library. But not just any library. A…
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I’m Go Glad They Saved Michigan City’s Old Train Station Facade
For years, my wife and I would drive by the abandoned 11th Street South Shore line train station in Michigan City, Indiana, and dream. It was a big,…
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Farewell to the Michigan News Agency in Kalamazoo, Michigan
On a recent visit to Kalamazoo, Michigan, I was sad to learn that an icon of Southwest Michigan letters had closed. Whenever I was up that way, I…
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Once We Lose These Things We’ll Never Get Them Back
Michigan City, Indiana, has several notable landmarks along its Lakeshore, and most of them are industrial or institutional. There’s the cooling tower that everyone thinks is a nuclear…
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The Indiana Landscape That Went to War
Rural Indiana is a place that evokes two things: flatness and corn. And, for the most part, you would be right. Indiana is indeed a very flat place…
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