Author: Paul Batura
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Higher gas prices today, peace tomorrow | Paul J. Batura
Whether you’re looking for them or not, gas prices are impossible to miss – a visible, numerical reminder of what’s going on politically and economically, not just in Colorado, but also clear across the world. “Operation Epic Fury” has spiked oil prices these last few weeks as the conflict between the United States/Israel and Iran…
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COLUMN: The best Christmas gifts aren’t under the tree
One of the most memorable and meaningful Christmas Eve’s for me was the year I was abandoned at the public library. It was Monday, December 24, 1979. I was seven. The Baldwin Public Library is in the middle of my small hometown on the south shore of Long Island. One sign of a good town…
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COLUMN: In praise of the things that last
For the past week, courtesy of a neighborhood friend, I’ve been writing on a 1956 Olympia SM3 typewriter. I have nine other similar machines — three Underwoods, three Royals, two Remingtons, and a Smith Corona. But none of them work as well as this Olympia, which Kevin has lovingly restored. Olympia, a German company dating…