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COLUMN: Pepperoni police are on patrol in Salem

Probably you’ve been so focused on the pandemic that the sausage scourge has escaped your attention. Fortunately at…

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COLUMN: Enjoying a strip of wildness within the city

We went for a walk along the Leo Adler Memorial Parkway the afternoon of the Sunday before Christmas,…

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COLUMN: Censorship, and avoiding cyber cesspools

At the risk of sounding hopelessly naive, I find it depressing just how much we depend on social…

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COLUMN: A celebration of unnecessary horsepower

I was feeling melancholy the other day until I learned that I could buy a brand new, factory-warrantied…

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COLUMNS: Trump fails again to provide real leadership

America needs a nickname for the cretins who busted into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and insulted our…

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COLUMN: 10-4, good buddy: Let’s go back to CB radio

America, mired in an endless exchange of angry diatribes aided greatly by the ubiquity of social media, needs…

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FROM THE PUBLISHER: 2020 restored my pride in local news

I’d been asking for 2020. Don’t take that statement to mean I’m taking responsibility for the awful pandemic…

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COLUMN: 2020: It even stole the snow

The warm front, slinking in like a soulless thief, was, I fear, inevitable. I strive for optimism, but…

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COLUMN: Grinch’s message more powerful than ever

I watched the Grinch carve a slice off the roast beast and slide the plate over to Cindy…

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COLUMN: The enduring mysteries of historical sites

There is the sort of historical site with paved paths and informative signs and generous parking lots, and…

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