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Chicken-Fried News: Highly. Communicable.

While the country is in the midst of a pandemic raging uncontrolled and ungoverned by anything resembling a sane, unified public health policy from leadership, much less a sane, unified public health front from the citizenry, many thought that maybe, just maybe, the line would be drawn at marching unsuspecting, trusting children and underpaid, overworked […]

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Packed up

There are most certainly perks. Cereal for dinner, for example. Not having a bedtime is a selling point, for sure. Having a bank account is cool, especially when it has money in it. During school days of yesteryear, early rising and mandatory classes got in the way for me a lot. But something that couldn’t […]

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Kidding around

Keedo Kids Credit: Jordan Ensminger  No, I don’t have any of my own, but my close friends and family have done an excellent job providing me with lots of nieces and nephews to spoil, from toddlers to grade-schoolers. The thing about kids: They need stuff … and lots of it! And with their frequent growth […]

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Best in class

How did that happen? Next thing we know, it’ll be September and the temperature will have dropped to, like, 97. We’ll all be pulling on sweaters because we’ll be so excited it’s not 117. I popped into Learning Tree (7648 N. Western; 848-1415) recently to look for something for my niece (because I feel it […]

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