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By Dan Geddes Darkness. Rain. Punishing winds. Gray skies. “Oh God, when will it end?” These are some of the words that come to mind…
CLEVELAND – John Jaker, 45, a local man who has finally developed great abdominal muscles after years of effort, says his life is basically the…
While it is clear that millions of people support Romney mainly because he is not Obama, others support Romney because he vows to rollback health…
by David Alpaugh A slick politician named Edwards When he saw his campaign going bedwards Cried, “Wife, dying of cancer, If you’ll be my dancer,…
By Dan Geddes 4 September 2012 WASHINGTON—President Obama today signed an Executive Order abolishing Labor Day as an “outmoded 19th century relic.” Labor Day was…
Review by Timothy Hurley When I retired after thirty-five years of medical practice my friends said I had to have a plan. They said…
Review by Dan Geddes Note: The first part of this review is for would-be readers and thus contains no spoilers. The second part is further…
Despite his somewhat ambiguous stances on gay marriage and polygamy, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney avowed that he was “dead set against gay polygamy. Gay…
By Dan Geddes Mitt Romney today stated that his greatest support came from the richest 1% of Americans. Romney admitted that “the 99% on the…
Groundhog Day is a surprising miracle of a movie, a funny, touching, inspiring experience, the It’s a Wonderful Life for a more cynical generation. It’s…
WASHINGTON – The recent public outcry over “pink slime” in ground beef has led to the removal of the controversial food additive from the beef…
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