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Family is the Game Plan

Fernando Mendoza is an odd name for a Heisman Trophy candidate college quarterback, much less one from Number One ranked Indiana, which hadn’t won the Big Ten for 58 years until last Saturday. Fernando ended up in Bloomington via Miami and Berkeley, California. His brother Alberto was already there, also

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The Art of Framing

Beverly Sills, the wonderful soprano opera singer, was on one of her “if it’s Thursday it must be Seattle” concert tours. She had her routine

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Cubs Cancer Winners

The Chicago Cubs have two superb leaders, Anthony Rizzo, who is a contender for National League Most Valuable Player, and Jon Lester, whose 15-4 record

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Bye Bye Blues

About two months ago I finally accepted that I was in a prolonged funk. I was not profoundly depressed. I could laugh and have fun.

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Machine Tool Jenga

IMTS is coming in a couple of weeks, so it is a good time to assess where the industry is right now. It is apparent

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Back to School

It’s back to school week in my neighborhood, which means later meals and parents waiting in our living room. My wife Risa will be practicing

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