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Column: Feeling discouraged? Look for ways to help
The current political situation leaves me feeling discouraged, depressed, and helpless. I can’t change national policy or give park rangers or other government employees their jobs back and contacting...
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Asking Eric: Husband always corrects wife, even when she’s right
Dear Eric: Often when I make a comment or tell a story my husband corrects me. If I try and defend what I’ve said, he just implies that I’m wrong and he’s right. It can be embarrassing when we are out...
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Editorial: Support Empty Bowls to fight food insecurity
Today is an opportunity to help the hungry — in its 27th year, Empty Bowls returns from 4 to 6 p.m. at Central Middle School, 725 Seventh St. Continue reading at The Republic News.
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Asking Eric: Brother leaves house a mess after visit, but sister fears...
Dear Eric: My brother and I were estranged for many years at his insistence. We were able to reconcile after our father’s death when I gave him a larger portion of the estate than my father had willed...
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Asking Eric: Neighbor accuses couple of lying to the government
Dear Eric: I live in a very rural and rather remote area where you can count “neighbors” on one hand. My husband and I made friends with one who lives about five miles away; we’re not “close” but she...
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Yet another threat to the ancient churches of Syria
In the Triumph of Orthodoxy service on the first Sunday of Great Lent, the clergy and faithful proclaim – with many shouting – bold statements of faith from the year 787, after decades of persecution....
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Lori Borgman: Dropping the penny may make cents
I can’t call heads or tails on whether we should stop minting the penny. There are two sides to every coin, right? Continue reading at The Republic News.
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Editorial: Foyst should explain why he opposed commission nominees
A Columbus City Council member is refusing to say why he voted against three highly qualified applicants for the Columbus Human Rights Commission, casting the only no vote this past week. Continue...
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Column: Privatize the post office? Stamp it ‘return to sender’
Many observers suggest that the United States is coming apart as a nation. They parse us into red states and blue states, urban areas versus rural. Some believe that our social and political divides...
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Column: Federal tariffs will negatively impact Hoosier manufacturing, ag...
You may have read that the Atlanta Federal Reserve’s GDPNow model now predicts the U.S. economy will contract 2.8% in the first quarter of this year. This is almost double the model’s most recent...
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Asking Eric: Wife won’t tell her brother about father’s abuse
Dear Eric: Soon after we had our first child, my wife uncovered a repressed memory that she had been sexually abused by her father when she was 18 years old. Continue reading at The Republic News.
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Asking Eric: Cousin’s erratic behavior is troubling to family
Dear Eric: My cousin (more like a sister) has been making some extremely rash and concerning choices over the last year. After she had her second baby, she left her husband and started seeing a series...
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Asking Eric: Daughter wants to stay connected to mother, but stay far away...
Dear Eric: I’m a grown woman in a healthy relationship with two children of my own, and I can’t stand being around my dad. I’m resentful of him for a childhood full of emotional abuse that I feel has...
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Asking Eric: After years of poor decisions, ailing brother wants to move in...
Dear Eric: Our youngest brother has made some poor decisions in his life, and he knows it. While he’s had a destructive life overall for more than 40 years, he is now a recovering addict but also has...
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Letter: GOP: Retake your constitutional duty
From: Larry Shade Continue reading at The Republic News.
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Column: Cuts to the EPA could have drastic effects on Indiana
The rushed, ill-considered, and drastic cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency now being proposed by the Trump administration—the President and Administrator Zeldin have threatened cuts of 65% or...
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Letter: School should be named for Noblitt
From: Don Strietelmeier Continue reading at The Republic News.
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Asking Eric: Gossiped about godmother second guesses commitment to goddaughter
Dear Eric: My best friend from high school moved to town again and we’ve been hanging out more. Her sister-in-law asked me if I can be the godmother of her child, which I’ve agreed to. Continue reading...
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Grief and Gratitude
My husband, Mike, went through some memorabilia recently and found an old newspaper clipping of my father’s obituary from 1955. It’s a fragile piece of newsprint, so Mike suggested scanning it. June...
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Editorial: It’s time to fight for your local library
And now, our state and federal leaders are coming for the libraries and the books. Continue reading at The Republic News.
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