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Ranger Rick: The horrible dilemma of Christmas shopping
We've all been there. No plan, no list, no hints, no idea. Cold shopping. Especially for the lady in your life. And if you do have what you consider a…
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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.…
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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)…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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:…
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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…
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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 —…
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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…