WAKE UP CALL!: Are homeowners getting savvier about foreclosure?
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DIANA BOGGIA: Journey to a better mother-daughter relationship - In this series, Diana Boggia introduced the possibility that a child’s bad behavior was a result of sensory integration disorder, and offers advice to a mother on how to adapt to her 9-year-old daughter’s increased sensitivity to such things as air and water temperature. By Diana Boggia, Canton, Ohio.
JEFF VRABEL: Time for a Superpublican - BARACK OBAMA HAS FAILED, according to basically everyone whose cocktail money depends on squealing like a monkeyperson on television about how everyone currently in office has failed, preferably on a show that's on loud enough to prevent you from having to talk during dinner. By Jeff Vrabel, GHNS columnist.
CLARENCE CLEMONS: Clarence Clemons brought more than talent as Bruce Springsteen's sideman - Bruce Springsteen’s longtime saxophone player and sideman Clarence Clemons passed away Saturday at age 69 after complications from a stroke he suffered last week. Oddly enough, when I heard, my first thought wasn’t of one of the many E Street Band shows I’ve seen, but of a Bruce Springsteen concert where Clemons was nowhere to be found. By Peter Chianca, North Shore, Mass.
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EDITORIAL: The war on drugs - a $1 trillion failure - A milestone in America's longest war passed quietly on Friday. Too quietly. On June 17, 1971, President Richard Nixon declared that "Public enemy No. 1 in the United States is drug abuse. In order to fight and defeat this enemy, it is necessary to wage a new, all-out offensive." By MetroWest, Mass.
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RICK HOLMES: Where the money went - With Washington politicians playing a game of chicken over the debt ceiling, maybe we should pause in the political argument for a little bookkeeping. By Rick Holmes, MetroWest, Mass.
AUTO BITS: Keep your engine cool when temps heat up - Weekly auto rail, with car-care tips, Car Q&A with Junior Damato and more.
GREG ZYLA: The $1.7 million dream car - What is your favorite if you could purchase anything you wished and money was no problem? By Greg Zyla, GHNS columnist.
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ON COMPUTERS: Hello, tech support? Hello? Hello? - A lot of companies are living for the present and seem oblivious to losing a customer in the future. By Jim Hillibish, Canton, Ohio.
SHOESTRING LIVING: Don’t procrastinate when paying bills - Thanks to a recent blog post by financial expert J.D. Roth on his site, Getting Rich Slowly, I must embellish on one of his great ideas: Pay bills as soon as you get them. Somewhere along the line, I developed the habit of scheduling delivery of my bills within perfect timing of their due dates, ensuring I didn’t pay out until the last possible second. By Molly Logan Anderson, GHNS columnist.