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Squirrel Talk

Back in the days when Roger Maris crashed 61 homers, college girls did not show off tattoos, and American boys were getting killed in Vietnam, I was the sports editor of the Michigan Daily at my alma mater, University of Michigan. I loved doing it. It paid for a round-trip flight and

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Why I Didn’t Vote

It’s November 6, and I’m sitting at Starbucks writing this piece, across from the polling place I chose not to vote at in 2018. For

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Trick-or-Treat Economy

The mavens and savants are struggling with lots of economic numbers coming in that do not conform to popular wisdom. We have a very tight

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Why do I care so much?

The World Series between the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers starts tonight in Beantown. I’ll probably watch, but I may listen to a

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