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There's No Getting Around 'The Pick And Shovel Work.'
Last night’s dinner with a friend was made more somber with news of the passing of Representative Jackie Walorski. She died early yesterday afternoon in…
Dick Donovan
Aug 4, 2022
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Argument
Fierce at times.
Dick Donovan
Aug 25, 2022
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Friday's Lighter News
On Fridays I look for a lighter topic from which to launch the weekend. When I was a youngster a family of raccoons would come down the hill in our back…
Dick Donovan
Jun 12, 2020
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Gonna Try Again
I was recently going through some collected stuff trying to “declutter” and came upon a large glass container with some wine I tried to make a few years…
Dick Donovan
Mar 24, 2022
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Fletcher
He's a good friend.
Dick Donovan
Aug 1, 2020
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Learning Curve
Years ago I was advised not to get involved in something late in life that I didn't know much about. The problem is one doesn’t have enough runway to go…
Dick Donovan
Jun 16, 2022
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Radio Trends
Radio listening has held up pretty will during this pandemic. Some stations have adjusted their important “drive time” segments because of changes in…
Dick Donovan
Oct 4, 2020
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Rails
When I moved to a small Indiana town in 1978, the apartment I rented was near railroad tracks. For about the first week, I’d awaken each night several…
Dick Donovan
Jul 24, 2022
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Maybe we've had our "recession?"
Our local paper has an article about the mixed economic indicators that the economy has been sending. I’m wondering if the worst of it is over, perhaps…
Dick Donovan
Jan 1
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2023 Prediction
Back in the 80s, sometimes (in marketing circles) one heard the admonition, “Sell the sizzle, not the steak.” And, you’ll recall, Walter Mondale-riffing…
Dick Donovan
Dec 27, 2022
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Special Education
What I saw work well
Dick Donovan
Aug 25, 2020
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Look To The Left And The Right
One thing I’ve learned over the years is that it’s a good practice to see where you fall relative to your peers in the employment market even if you are…
Dick Donovan
Jun 23, 2022
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