Mike Tsichlis
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 3
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- Sep 23, 2026
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- Jul 23, 2026
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Mike’s Musings: Local columnist discusses 9/11 and memory (opens the original)
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Like many who remember exactly where they were that day, I was working in my home office on a grant contract when I heard on the radio that a plane had inexplicably struck one of the World Trade Center towers. Stunned, I turned on the news and watched the first tower burn, then saw the second tower hit minutes later. I called my wife at work to see if she had heard, as the news was spreading fast. Soon came reports of the Pentagon attack and United Airlines Flight 93, the Boeing 757 that crashed
Mike’s Musings: Keep Pushin’ — sometimes you have to persist your way through (opens the original)
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When I was in high school and college, one of the most popular bands was REO Speedwagon, a pop-rock group that found play on both top 40 song stations as well as KSHE’s album rock format. They performed to sold-out arena crowds. My friends loved them. Their music was everywhere, so much so that I absolutely couldn’t stand them. When their songs came on the radio, I changed the station. Recently, however, after forty years, I found myself becoming something of a fan, reciting lyrics in my head fr
Mike’s Musings: The Soul of a Lost Road — Route 66 at 100 (opens the original)
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Except for time away at college, I’ve lived my entire life within two or three miles of the path that was Route 66. I was a young kid when the last pieces of the interstate highway system were installed and never experienced the feeling of touring the Mother Road. When I was seven and my father hopped on the newly opened I-70 near our house, reaching 70 mph (the speed limit at the time), I knew the old days of automobile travel were over. From that moment, whether traveling cross-country or even
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