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Bob Bridge
Dec 193 min read
LET’S TRY ANEW TO MAKE THIS NATION GOOD AGAIN
By Columnist Bob Bridge In reviewing some columns of years gone by, I ran across a piece I considered both thoughtful and hopeful. I...
Bob Bridge
Nov 302 min read
SIP OF MIRACLE WATER
By Columnist Bob Bridge Just more than five years ago I fell asleep on a Sunday night with my laptop on my nightstand. I had begun...
Bob Bridge
Nov 232 min read
IU BELONGS IN PLAYOFFS
“Good and bad ideas both come from the same fountain of speculation and experiment.” - Shaun Tan By Columnist Bob Bridge Enough already!...
Bob Bridge
Nov 132 min read
PUBLIC YEARNS FOR A NEW PATH
Columnist Bob Bridge It has been intriguing to peruse the variety of perspectives on the outcome of the recent election. Many responses...
Bob Bridge
Nov 12 min read
A TAD MORE DECORUM!!
Columnist Bob Bridge One of my memories flashed before me this morning. It was 15 years ago and I was sitting on a balcony at Panama...
Bob Bridge
Oct 222 min read
LARC’S BEEN GOOD TO CHRIS
Columnist Bob Bridge “Just keep me where the light is. C’mon, keep me where the light is.” - John Mayer A solitary figure sat in the...
Bob Bridge
Oct 102 min read
FINAL ITEM ON WISH LIST
Columnist Bob Bridge It’s been termed a Bucket List. These are wishes you aspire to come true prior to your departure to the great...
Bob Bridge
Oct 42 min read
GOOD GOLLY, MISS MOLLY!
COMMENTARY Bob Bridge Throughout the years I’ve written much about my two beautiful bassets, Brooke Lynn Bridge and Ralph Waldo...
Bob Bridge
Sep 262 min read
LIKE A DUCK TO WATER
Columnist Bob Bridge “Water is the driving force of all nature.“ - Leonardo da Vinci There’s something about bodies of water that are...
Bob Bridge
Sep 192 min read
GIFT BOOK A REAL GIFT
Columnist Bob Bridge I’m here to inform you about my new book and encourage you to purchase it. It is titled: “Stories of Christmas...
Bob Bridge
Sep 122 min read
A SALMON TACO NEW GO-TO GRUB
Columnist Bob Bridge My doctor told me I had to stop throwing intimate dinners for four unless there are three other people.” - Orson...
Bob Bridge
Sep 61 min read
WORTHY OF A SECOND LOOK
Columnist Bob Bridge ”The best thing in life to hold onto is each other.” - Audrey Hepburn I have been prescribed a new medication, one...
Bob Bridge
Aug 222 min read
THIS IS NOT A POPULARITY COMPETITION
Columnist Bob Bridge “Exploiting people's emotions of fear, envy and anxiety is not hope, it's not change, it's partisanship. We don't...
Bob Bridge
Aug 152 min read
SHED WORRIES; TAME TONGUE; VOICE KINDNESS
Columnist Bob Bridge Relatively speaking, I’m an old man. There are pros and cons to such a distinction. For example, I’m definitely not...
Bob Bridge
Aug 82 min read
SPENCER GOOD FOR COMMUNITY
Columnist Bob Bridge A few decades ago I was asked to host a new daily morning show to air on Bedford’s WBIW radio station. It sounded...
Bob Bridge
Aug 12 min read
RALPH, THE GIANT COMMUNITY GUY
By Columnist Bob Bridge The image of physically diminutive Ralph Anderson standing aside Purdue’s towering Zach Edey inside Mackey Arena...
Bob Bridge
Jul 261 min read
HOUSE DIVIDED
Columnist Bob Bridge ”A house divided against itself cannot stand.“ - Abraham Lincoln Slavery was the divisive issue when Abraham Lincoln...
Bob Bridge
Jul 182 min read
DESPERATELY SEEKING ATTENTION
Columnist Bob Bridge ”All bad behavior is really a request for love, attention, or validation.” - Kimberly Giles Mass shootings were not...
Bedford Online
Jul 112 min read
THE BEST OF TIMES
Columnist Bob Bridge In his classic tome “Tale of Two Cities” Dickens suggested, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”...
Bob Bridge
Jun 272 min read
WHAT HAPPENED TO KIDS, PUPPIES?
By Columnist Bob Bridge Am I woke? The unvarnished truth? I misplaced my alarm clock long ago. No, I am neither in harmony nor attuned to...
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