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Many years ago and a lifetime away I was movie mogul. No, not the type that owns a production studio and is seen sitting atop piles of money. As a young man, I worked in and eventually managed a couple of motion picture theaters just as the video age came to the forefront of our lives...

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” - Edmund Burke I think most voters would agree that we have seen our politics become more and more divisive over the last decade to the point where many voters have become so turned off they no...

For the last few weeks, the world has been overrun with Pokemon Go players hitting the streets to find that rare Dratini, to hatch their 10K eggs and to level up their characters to Level 20 to get their hands on Ultra Balls so they can “catch them all.” I’ve heard a lot of...

Just to refresh your memory, the question was, “What is the one thing that everyone should have, regardless of the cost?” It is the question I have been asking a lot of different folks during the course of interviews I have been conducting on behalf of the newspaper including...

Over the last few years I have gone on my fair share of road trips across the country, be it to Texas for the FCS National Championship games or to Mount Rushmore for a vacation with my wife. By the time you are reading this I will have just gotten back from another fun-filled and...

Having been deeply entrenched in sports my entire life, it has helped me to take a competitive approach to most things. Especially so, in my battle with leukemia. And every day that I am still here, I feel I have won a battle. A cancer diagnosis blind-sides you, like a hit from a...

Several months ago, on my way into our weekly editorial meeting, a question came up during a discussion on MPR that was so thought-provoking, I commandeered it for my Inquiring Reporter question that week. I have continued to incorporate it into almost every interview I’ve done...

For the last few months, my wife and I had been talking about getting a new dog to keep our old Lab mix Captain company while we were away for work every day and to see if that would make him happier than he had been for a while. Unfortunately, we ended up having to put Captain down...

The announcement last week that New Richmond High School was once again ranked among the best of the best of all high schools in the state and the nation doesn’t necessarily come as a surprise. But it shouldn’t be an overlooked honor either, even though this is the third straight...

Music has always been important to me. It’s always been playing in the back of my mind, beginning at a very young age and continuing to this day. Since the days when I first understood high fidelity and watched as my father acted as conductor of the London Philharmonic playing...

A couple weeks ago for the inquiring reporter question, I asked, “how does the threat of terrorism impact your life?” The attacks in Brussels were still in the headlines and San Bernadino and Paris were not quite yet numb in our hearts and minds. I really wanted to know how real...