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No Pain…No Gain; And other trite things that are true

As Ithaca’s talented quarterback took a knee inside his own ten yard line and the final seconds of a truly great football came ticked off, my mind flashed through 50-some years of sporting events as I tried to find one that was more meaningful than the one I just witnessed. By now you know that […]

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Election Night Pre-Mortem; Just how did this happen?

Just a real quick note about an hour before the polls close here in Michigan.  Early in the election cycle I felt pretty confident that the Democrats would win enough seats in the Michigan and US Houses to take their rightful place as the governing party.  Years of Republican obstructionism on the national scene and […]

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