Hooked on hay baling
I wanted to have a hook or two for my fall article – a hay hook to be precise. It hasn’t been a complete summer experience until you have had…
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When short hair was illegal
By RAY ADLER Ask Adler After college at Purdue University, where I was fortunate to graduate with honors in mathematics and chemistry, my uncle called. Uncle Sam. At that time…
What is marriage?
By RAY ADLER Ask Adler We can all agree that marriage has changed over the years, but do you know the legal definition? In Maynard v. Hill, an 1888 United…
National Debt
By RAY ADLER Ask Adler The National Debt is now more than $31 trillion. There’s approximately 260 million people over the age of 18 in the United States. This means…
Wise sayings, Nos. 51 to 100
By RAY ADLER Ask Adler Dad always had a lot of sayings that were shorthand lessons that quickly explained what to do. I added some that other family members use….
Wise sayings Nos. 1 to 50
By RAY ADLER Ask Adler Dad always had a lot of sayings that were shorthand lessons that quickly explained what to do. I added some that other family members use….
Tractor driving
By RAY ADLER Ask Adler Life has changed. I have lived in two cultures: rural and urban. I have lived in Indianapolis, but I grew up in very rural Indiana….
Who gets the dog?
And other difficult issues . . . By RAY ADLER Ask Adler Who gets the dog in the divorce? It has been reported that almost 80 million U.S. households, or…
Lawyerspeak & contranyms
By RAY ADLER Ask Adler Lease is a confusing contranym. It’s a word that can have opposite meanings. When one person leases an apartment, he is the landlord while another…
The best of Winston Churchill
By RAY ADLER Ask Adler Winston Churchill said, “We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.” He had numerous other sayings: If you’re…