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It’s been a bungee jump of a year in American politics. Last spring, the GOP seemed poised to ride a Red Tsunami in the coming midterm elections. Democrats rallied over the summer and appeared to have regained momentum. This fall, however, there was a Republican resurgence with the prevailing winds now apparently blowing in their direction.

Here is today’s test in basic arithmetic: If you had two grade-schoolers and one college graduate who happens to be the kids’ grandfather, and you gave each of them a math quiz, how many would flunk?

Like many who work in higher education, I have been closely following the progress of President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. It’s definitely no surprise that this has become another bitter partisan battle as the program has been forced to delay debt relief just one week after 22 million borrowers applied.

Yes, democracy is on the ballot.

We’re in the final stretch of the 2022 general election, which means there are just a few more days to call or email me to tell me how biased we are here at The Lima News.

It was extra painful to watch the president give that terrible speech to the country on Wednesday night.

We have been without a clothes dryer for approximately 24 days, six hours, 44 minutes and 22 seconds. But who’s counting?

Psychologists have told us that one of the most common behaviors we practice is transference, which occurs when people transfer feelings from past experiences to their current experiences. As with so many facets of human behavior, it was Freud who first coined the term to describe this universal tendency.

Over time, our society has come to recognize that lead can be incredibly harmful, especially to children who are exposed to high levels of lead over significant periods of time.

The National Center for State Courts, an independent research organization, has estimated that around 15% of U.S. adults receive a jury summons each year.