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Keeping Your Cool

4 days ago | shorelinemedia.net | Mary Beth Crain

Today is supposed to hit 81 degrees. Ordinarily, that wouldn’t be out of the ordinary for the beginning of June. But we had such an unusually chilly May, it feels like 100. Just a reminder that summer’s on the way, and so is the heat. When it’s really hot and humid, I have to get creative. I have one window air conditioner in my upstairs apartment, and it cranks away above and beyond the call of duty.
COLUMNIST: Trump's inexplicable assailment on Europe

6 days ago | shorelinemedia.net | David Shribman

HAARLEM, the Netherlands -- These were the people we liberated during World War II, who enlisted in the Cold War, who agreed to welcome our bases, who embraced our movies and television shows, and who supported our fast-food establishments and business enterprises.
Kitchen Dreams

1 week ago | shorelinemedia.net | Mary Beth Crain

As everyone knows, an efficient kitchen makes the world go round. As someone who loves to cook–I used to cater in Los Angeles and have a nationally published cookbook--I’ve dreamed of the perfect kitchen all my life. Sad to say, I’ve never had it, but I have come close. That particular kitchen was in the house I lived in for three years. It was big, had lots of counter space, new appliances, and, PTL, a dishwasher. The latter propelled me into the 21st century–or so I thought.
'Crazy' is one way to describe what’s going on

1 week ago | shorelinemedia.net | Steve Begnoche

About a year ago, I bemoaned what appeared to be a looming terrible choice in the 2024 Presidential election: a repeat of Biden vs. Trump. I noted both men were too old and the country needed better candidates. Well, Biden dropped out too late and the Dems went with Vice President Kamala Harris. We know what happened, Trump won and has returned to office. He has his fans, his base. He doesn’t have the mandate he claims to have, though.
COLUMNIST: Name That Cat

2 weeks ago | shorelinemedia.net | Mary Beth Crain

One of life’s most important decisions involves naming your cat. This is a task that demands time and thought. Do you think of a name first and then find a cat who best suits it? Or is it the opposite, a cat with a personality that just screams Brutus or Champagne Sally? Whatever route you take, one thing’s certain; a cat and its name have to go together.
A Date for the Prom

1 month ago | shorelinemedia.net | Mary Beth Crain

In high schools all over the country, it’s prom time. In my day, which was somewhere between the dawn of civilization and four-wheel drive, prom was a huge deal. It was the year’s final judgement on your social status. Unless you were really popular, you nervously hoped and prayed that A) you’d have a date, and B) that date wouldn’t be the bottom of the barrel. If you were a guy, you had to work up enough nerve to ask your dream girl, praying with sweaty palms that she wouldn’t turn you down.
COLUMNIST: The angriest Democrat in the room

1 month ago | shorelinemedia.net | Byron York

JB Pritzker, the billionaire hotel heir who since 2019 has served as governor of Illinois, wants to be president. Like many Democrats, Pritzker believes his party has not been tough enough in opposing President Donald Trump.
Fish study used to determine health of lakes

1 month ago | shorelinemedia.net | Steve Begnoche

VICTORY TWP. – A long-standing study in Lake Michigan and other Great Lakes has sought to determine the abundance of prey fish species – alewife, rainbow smelt, bloater and the more recent invasive species round goby and several other forage species.
Did Your Toilet Graduate Harvard?

1 month ago | shorelinemedia.net | Mary Beth Crain

For some reason, I’m recalling an unsolicited e-mail I received a few years back. It was one of those sales pitches, the kind I usually dump without even bothering to read it. But this time, the subject caught my attention. The opening line read: “Is your toilet intelligent?”Oh, yeah. My toilet is so intelligent we have many conversations, about things deep and philosophical. I’ve learned so much from my toilet that I’d rather visit the bathroom than the library.
COLUMNIST: Should we take a holiday from Christopher Columbus?

1 month ago | shorelinemedia.net | Steve Begnoche

I could write a column daily about the inanities of President Donald Trump’s current administration. There’s so much to choose from. Check out his orders as noted on the official White House website, whitehouse.gov. Whether he’s attacking a former federal worker as a “leaker,” a law firm that doesn’t conform to his views, or matters of policy, much of the reasoning borders on unhinged, petty, propagandist, or worse.