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Tom Grace

Travels with Uncle Chet: Public option is a first step in health care

COLUMBUS _ I heard the truck crunching gravel before I saw it idling down the driveway. It parked by the back door, and Uncle Chet got out. ``Down here!'' I hollered from the garden where Hon and I were weeding.....more>>

  • Travels with Uncle Chet: Obama’s cause is health reform
    COLUMBUS _ It was a sunny day, a week before the start of summer and we were cleaning up, inside and out.
    Hon and the kids were going through closets, getting out shorts and building a large pile of outgrown clothes, soon to be oil rags.
  •  Travels with Uncle Chet: Events are signs of our woes
    The silver pickup curved down the driveway, Uncle Chet driving and Cousin Bruce riding shotgun. I turned on the gas burner to warm up the coffee, then went to the bedroom, looking for my wallet and the key to Hon's car.
  •  Travels with Uncle Chet: GOP is hurting
    COLUMBUS _ ``You know what's killing the Republican Party?'' asked Uncle Chet, looking at his raised glass of wine as if the answer was there.
  •  Travels with Uncle Chet: U.S. must move on health care
    COLUMBUS _ ``Not long ago, they were talking about a `permanent Republican majority,''' said Uncle Chet, who was helping Buddy and me split wood. ``Karl Rove said that,'' I said. ``Ole Blossom,'' he said, tipping up a 20-inch ash log.
  •  Travels with Uncle Chet: Driving is no cup of tea
    NEW BERLIN _ We were driving slowly down state Route 80, determined not to jar a load of heavy metal steps. Traffic was heavy for a Sunday afternoon, but I'd waited until the road was empty before turning onto it. Now, in the mirror, I saw a red car about a half-mile back, moving up fast.
  •  Travels with Uncle Chet: Reforming health care is a messy endeavor
    ``You're going to have to take drastic measures with that,'' Uncle Chet squinted up at the kitchen ceiling. ``And that's the third coat,'' I said from the table, drinking coffee, looking up at a hideous spackling job.
  • Travels with Uncle Chet: Another year of recession
    COLUMBUS _ "I think it's the end of the beginning,'' said Uncle Chet, who was sitting in his favorite rocker, sipping a Saranac. "The beginning of what?'' I leaned back on the eight-foot ladder, dragging a 12-inch knife along a Sheetrock seam."
  •  Travels with Uncle Chet: Seeking a break from bad news
    ``I'm tired of winter,'' said Alice, looking outside as the sun died slowly in a gray sky, and snow began to pelt her windshield.
  •  Travels with Uncle Chet: An open letter to Obama
    COLUMBUS _ ``Dear President Obama,'' Uncle Chet read from a yellow legal pad. ``Looking for a job?'' asked Hon, opening cartons of ice cream. ``You're not on him already?'' I asked.
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