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Yes It’s True: A house divided indeed cannot stand

“Three Gs and an E-flat” was how composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein described perhaps the most famous string of four consecutive musical notes — the opening fanfare for the Beethoven Symphony No.…

Editor December 9, 2019

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One Small Voice: Libraries require nurturing, respect

by Lynn Mandaville Public libraries are living things. They grow, evolve, and mature in response to their communities. They must be fed (financially and with belief in their intrinsic value)…

Editor December 8, 2019

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Basura: Locker-room chatter spins impeachment debate

“Walk on By” — Burt Bacharach, as sung by Dionne Warwick I was walking from the shower to my locker at the gym, when I heard one man say to another,…

Editor December 6, 2019

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Army Bob: It’ll be pay day for climate change industry

by Robert M. Traxler Climate change, the latest in the long list of disaster predictions from environmentalists, is perhaps the best term they have coined. Global cooling, mass starvation, global…

Editor December 5, 2019

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Ranger Rick: Assorted pre-holiday political commentary

Surveying the Plight of Democrat Candidates: It sure is interesting to watch the Democrat Party go from the self-proclaimed "party of the working people" to the party of the free…

Editor December 3, 2019

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One Small Voice: A holiday meditation on ‘Helping’ poem

One of my favorite poems was penned by the renowned children’s writer Shel Silverstein. This poem, called Helping, from Silverstein’s 1974 collection called Where The Sidewalk Ends, goes like this:…

Editor November 30, 2019

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Army Bob: So where’s the ‘watchdog’ media in impeachment?

by Robert M. Traxler Mark Levin said Thursday that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., had awakened the "sleeping giant" of the American people by leading impeachment proceedings against…

Editor November 28, 2019

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Ranger Rick: Fusion guests fail on ‘Meet the Press’

Being a purveyor of screen and written word, I happened to watch "Meet the (De)Press(ed) with Chuck Todd. There is such glee in his voice when he comes on —…

Editor November 26, 2019

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Yes It’s True: When it comes to deer hunting, I’m Pro-Choice

“It’s the second week of deer camp, and all the gang is here. “We drink, play cards and shoot the bull but never shoot no deer. “The only time we…

Editor November 25, 2019

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Army Bob: So we aren’t allowed to question ‘settled science?’

In a comment on one of Ranger Rick's columns on climate change, a reader asked, "Do 'common sense conservatives' who share the author’s views on global climate change ask their…

Editor November 21, 2019