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100 years later, the madness of daylight saving time endures Michael Downing, Tufts University One hundred years after Congress passed the first daylight saving legislation, more and more people are doubting the wisdom of changing the clocks. In August, the EU Commission proposed ending the biannual practice. Last winter, lawmakers in Florida passed the “Sunshine Protection Read more

To the Lincoln County Election Administrator: Greetings, Since House Bill 536, which was signed into law this past April, changes the rules regarding write-in candidates, I am requesting that our primary ballots be amended to accommodate these changes. House Bill 536 ensures that votes for undeclared write-in candidates are not valid. Consequently, I would like Read more

I can look at 1976 through 1980 as the Carter years – but I have to recall that Wilson’s book, influenced largely by the stagflation that was occurring as he wrote, was written during the Nixon-Ford years.  Yes, Carter was bad on inflation – but we have to admit, Nixon set the stage.  Both parties Read more

I’ve been reading about artificial intelligence and how well it works when you replace a human writer with artificial intelligence.   Forbes Magazine had an article on this topic about 3 years ago. “Back in 2014, the Los Angeles Times published a report about an earthquake three minutes after it happened. This feat was possible because Read more

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This past week, a representative of the county health department joined the Learn and Play to offer Healthy Home Kits, Emergency Kits, and Carseat assistance. Lincoln County’s Zero to 5 program was present as well. The Health Home Kits (purchased with grant funding) include a gun lock, a fire extinguisher, a carbon monoxide detector, and Read more