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Asking Eric: Billionaire brother won’t offer help to struggling sister
Dear Eric: I am a 55-year-old female who has a disabled daughter. The father is long gone from the picture. I make a middle income living and could live comfortably if it were not for my disabled...
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Asking Eric: Husband’s excessive manners leave wife feeling left behind
Dear Eric: I have an ongoing disagreement with my very polite and well-mannered husband. When we enter a venue together (restaurant, store, etc.), he opens the door/elevator door to let me through and...
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Asking Eric: Sister-in-law didn’t include other family in holiday event
Dear Eric: My family and I will be traveling from California to the UK to visit my husband’s parents with our two kids. During our visit, my husband’s brother, his partner, and their young daughter,...
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Learning from defeat can lead to gridiron success
For those of us who are graduates or fans of Purdue University, it’s been a tough football season. While we may be outnumbered here in the Columbus area by devotees of another state school, there are...
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Editorial: Sympathy meter plummets for insurance industry
The fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week has revealed a shocking reaction from the public, and it’s not anywhere near outrage at the assassination of a corporate leader....
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Asking Eric: Remarried after spouses died, couple is unsure how to re-arrange...
Dear Eric: My wife and I married two years ago. We were both widowed after long happy marriages and feel blessed that we have found each other. Continue reading at The Republic News.
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Time to give red light cameras the green light
Sometimes it feels like the Indiana General Assembly is having the same discussions it had 20 years ago. And that’s because it is. Case in point: speed and red light cameras. Continue reading at The...
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Donor Advised Funds can help the community
A Donor Advised Fund (DAF) is money that is owned or controlled by a sponsoring organization where the donor has advisory privileges with respect to distributions. I realize that is not a particularly...
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John Krull: Hill, Beckwith and ‘vindication’
If only Indiana Lt. Gov.-elect Micah Beckwith and former Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill held the same reverence for the truth that they do for the sound of their own braying voices…. Continue...
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Asking Eric: Social butterfly struggles to make close friends
Dear Eric: I am one of many lonely adults struggling to make close friends. It’s never come easy for me, and it’s compounded by the fact that I’m an introvert who works from home part time with three...
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Letter: City council should deny Rubicon project
From Sheryl Nulph Continue reading at The Republic News.
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Asking Eric: Caregiver son struggles with guilt over not doing enough
Dear Eric: The last four years of my father’s life, I was a near constant caregiver. I visited him daily, did his lawn work, took him to doctor’s appointments, to the barber, occasionally to dinner or...
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Library has the resources to keep you connected
A professor once jokingly told me Indiana is called the Crossroads of America because people just want to pass through it. I did not entirely disagree. After all, I had elected to go to school out of...
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Lori Borgman: ‘Hard to Buy For’ people make the naughty list
We have officially entered the “Hard to Buy For” season of life. I am reminded of this every time someone asks me what we’d like for Christmas. No one has said we are hard to buy for in so many words —...
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Asking Eric: New boyfriend is overly friendly to younger women
Dear Eric: I’m a woman in a new relationship with a fabulous man who doesn’t seem to understand an issue I’ve brought to his attention. I noted recently that when he checks out other women in front of...
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The mysteries of Our Lady of Guadalupe continue
The cloak worn by St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin was made from rough cactus materials from central Mexico and it should have deteriorated after 15 to 30 years. Continue reading at The Republic News.
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Randy Kron: How to protect water rights the right way
When we talk about water issues in Indiana, you might think we’re concerned with water quality rather than quantity. Continue reading at The Republic News.
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Commentary: Indiana, you know, the state, is again preparing to kill a man
It’s been 15 years since the state of Indiana violated the Sixth Commandment, “you shall not kill,” from Exodus 20:13. The translation of the original text to “you shall not murder” in the last...
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Editorial: Councilman needs to make meetings a priority
In his second term as a member of the Columbus City Council, Councilman Jerone Wood, D-District 3, is unapologetic when asked about missing nearly half of the city council meetings, attending only 13...
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Asking Eric: Retired parents always get stuck footing the bill for blended...
Dear Eric: My husband and I are senior citizens in a large, blended family. Back when we were younger, and both gainfully employed, we paid for everything any time our blended family got together. Over...
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