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9.03.2026

Strongest Tree In South Bend

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I drove by this small tree often, and over the past year or so, it's condition got worse, and it was hard to believe that it just keeps ...
8.31.2026

Friday Night Lights: The Lessons Beyond the Score

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High school sports are about more than the score. Friday night, John Adams football lost. And yeah, if you just look at the numbers, there a...
8.23.2026

Barron Lake Times 5

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You finish how you trained.  You place where you prepared.  I can come up with more cheesy quotes. I manifested this slow finish this year. ...
8.14.2026

¿De Dónde Eres?

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¿ De Dónde Eres? Recently I had the chance to sit with the preschool class at La Casa de Amistad, called “Yo Puedo Leer”, and read De dónde...
7.28.2026

The Gil I Knew

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I will miss Gilberto Cardenas . I have seen so many posts, of all his academic work, awards, presentations (thorough link below)... but none...
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6.03.2026

Coates Tire: Value of Work

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This Isn’t About a Tire Shop This might sound like a story about a garage. It’s not. It’s about work. The kind you can see. The kind you ...
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5.06.2026

What Soccer Taught Me About Being a Teammate

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I played a lot of soccer growing up.  Senior Year Team It was part of our family. My dad played. My siblings played. We played in the backya...
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3.23.2026

Breakfast with Freddie

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I will miss joining Freddie for breakfast at PEGGS. I loved watching him hold court there; in his usual seat, with a breakfast platter name...
3.06.2026

The Conversation I Wish I Had Finished

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Last night I had dinner with Andrew Peñalva from the Indiana Latino Institute and Juan Constantino from La Casa de Amistad at Brew Works in ...
2.07.2026

Welcoming is a Verb

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I had people ask for copies of my speech. So I figured might as well publicly post it. I did get a video recording of it, and I ad-libbed a ...
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