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Phil started his journalism career in 1967 as a copy boy with The Cleveland Press while attending Cleveland State University. He has been a reporter and columnist at The Times since 1984, winning multiple awards in both categories.
He currently covers Valparaiso, Kouts and Hebron in addition to writing a weekly column dealing mostly with politics in Porter County.
In his spare time he enjoys playing softball, and he has written two books, one of which is in the hands of a publisher. He and his wife Mary have a son and two grandchildren.
I hate to sound like the Random Acts of Kindness Week Grinch, but can people stand being nice again so soon after Christmas?
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A local politician of my acquaintance, or POMA, did something recently that, surprisingly, is not unusual. He thanked me for making his comments sound reasonably intelligent.
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Chiggers. That's what I think of when I think of the Indiana General Assembly (which ought to be busted to Private Assembly or dishonorably discharged) or the U.S. Congress (and, as has been pointed out in a recent Internet mailing, is it just coincidence a group of baboons is called a co…
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The state is looking for some trees, but it is not because, as one might suspect of our state government, they can't see the trees for the forest.
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As someone once voted by classmates as "Most Likely to Die of Terminal Wedgies," I have a definite empathy for kids who are the victims of bullies, whether the bullies are other kids or teachers.
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The new year dawned full of promise and hope and other delusions, which means it's time again for the soothiest of soothsayers, the man who puts the "dam" in Nostradamus, the Amazing Wielando.
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In response to my recent column about getting lost in Long Beach, Donna Kavanagh offered to take me on a tour of the tiny town and suggested we meet at the Holiday Inn just off Interstate 94 in Michigan City.
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It's the night before the night before Christmas, the usual time
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It's amazing why some people need a special policy. Some things should fall into the category of "profound grasp of the obvious" without having to put them in writing.
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During the past month, I've done a little time traveling, Ray Bradbury style.
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As Johnnie Cochrane, the late attorney of O.J. Simpson trial fame, might say: "If the deer have ticks, you must kill them quick."
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Memo to the Sierra Club:
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When it comes to bloodsucking pests, the deer tick is a lot smaller than your average Wall Street banker, and it doesn't want a government bailout.
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It's tough to figure out if Ogden Dunes residents are in greater danger from Lyme disease or high-velocity lead poisoning.
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Another Tuesday approaches when we make our selections
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It seems like there are a lot of funerals for local soldiers lately. Our involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan seems pretty limited, and yet the military escorts arrive in Northwest Indiana with alarming frequency.
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On the day the suicidal owner of an exotic animal farm set all his charges free and a fed-up judge revoked Lindsay Lohan's probation and put her back in a cage, it was nice to contemplate that at last the world is being set aright.
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The focus of the high-speed train world in the Midwest suddenly is on the town of Porter. I hope the attention doesn't go to the town's head.
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Your SAT score can get you into a good college or a good job, or it can haunt you for the rest of your life. But, if you are a high school senior, no pressure.
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Here's a topic for a philosophical debate should you ever feel philosophic and want to debate something: Is there anything a NIMBY would not object to having in his or her backyard?
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Sometimes you've just got to stop and smell the butterflies.
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SAT reading scores are so low for the class of 2011 that schools should consider skipping the issuance of diplomas since most of the kids won't be able to read them anyway.
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I hate to sound like the Random Acts of Kindness Week Grinch, but can people stand being nice again so soon after Christmas?
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A local politician of my acquaintance, or POMA, did something recently that, surprisingly, is not unusual. He thanked me for making his comments sound reasonably intelligent.
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