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TYREE: What’s the lowdown on your town’s downtown?

My parents used to talk about the county’s farmers streaming into town on Saturday and shopping until midnight.…

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GRAVES: Tightening my belt until it hurts

In the current economy, when a visit to the grocery store requires a long-term financing plan, it has…

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STOSSEL: Bunk from a cabinet secretary

Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich now makes videos, like I do. In fact, his channel, Inequality Media, is…

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PURCELL: Candidates are supporting the trades

There aren’t many positives to come out of a very noisy 2024 election, but here’s one: There’s growing…

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YARBROUGH: A reminder that kindness is needed daily

Can we do it? You and I? Can we be kind? More importantly, can we be kind at…

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TYREE: Do I know where you live?

I confess to employing the occasional half-truth. In order to keep conversations moving (and save face), I sometimes…

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PURCELL: Offering some tax advice

As a self-employed writer, I’ve become knowledgeable about how high my income taxes really are. Every now and…

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CRAFT: Dalton Public Schools: Strengthening our community through safety and support

The increasing national concern about school safety is something that weighs on all of us. Every time we…

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KING: What health network does Medicare use?

Hi Toni: In September I turn 65. I’m on COBRA from my job, which I retired from in…

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REAGAN: Purism in politics is for losers

It’s usually good to be a purist, but not in politics. Purism in politics is not feasible. The…