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Yes It’s True: We are well entertained, not informed

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“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” — Eleanor Roosevelt I first learned of this terrific quote in 1965 in high school when bookkeeping teacher Freda Merlau (her maiden name) read it to class one morning as part of the daily ritual presentation of school news....
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A hearty chili can get rid of those cold weather blues

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Bring on the cold weather with this hearty, family favorite chili recipe. With having a smoother sauce, it works great also when you’re making chili dogs, just top with a little shredded cheese. Enjoy! Ingredients: 2 to 3 pounds ground meat, your choice 1 large onion diced 1 tablespoon of...
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Army Bob: What really is the No. 1 threat today?

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by Robert M. Traxler What is the greatest threat to our nation, to our continued existence? Let’s name a few that are in the media today: fentanyl, climate change and its variants, MAGA Republicans, agricultural chemicals, coal, and fossil fuels (burned in the United States), unfettered immigration, artificial intelligence, Covid-19...
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Yes, It’s True: Reality slew the optimism of the 1960s

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“There will come a time when everybody who is lonely will be free to sing and dance and love. There will come a time when every evil that we know will be an evil that we can rise above.” — The Mothers of Invention, 1967 Yes indeed, I am a...
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Ranger Rick, Rob Reiner agree on JFK assassination

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Politics makes strange bedfellows indeed. I have been listening to unabashed liberal Rob Reiner’s podcast, “Who Killed JFK?” And I found it to be eerily similar to information in a column submitted to Townbroadcast three years ago by notorious right-wing columnist Ranger Rick. Personally, I don't know about conspiracies, but...
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Army Bob: Activists ignore world pollution elsewhere

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by Robert M. Traxler To take a walk down memory lane, some 30 years ago, the cause celeb was saving the Amazon Rain Forest. It was said that the plants or animals that would save the world were there, even the cure for cancer was to be found in the...
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Yes It’s True: We cannot escape pesky telemarketers

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I received yet another Spam phone call on my cell phone this morning, and all the memories came flooding back. It supposedly was from some Police Officers Association of America, or a name similar, requesting funding to support to police officers who have been injured or laid up. Two memories,...
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Army Bob: Climate change actually is nothing new

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by Robert M. Traxler "Millennials, and Gen Z and all these folks wo come after us, are looking up and we're like 'the world will end in 12 years if we don't address climate change, and your biggest issue is how are we gonna pay for it?'" — United States...
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Thanksgiving casserole is perhaps ideal this weekend

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by Kathy Hamman Miller Homemade Roasted Thanksgiving Day Turkey with all the Sides Casserole dish filling: Around 4 cups left over diced or shredded turkey or chicken Around 4 cups leftover cooked stuffing Mixed left over or frozen vegetables thawed, I probably had around 4 cups of the frozen veggies...
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Yes It’s True: We seem to prefer revenge over justice

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Perhaps one of the most famous stories about unjust arrest and imprisonment was about Jean Valjean in Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables.” It may be hard to believe, but there are at least three incidents not far away from these environs that are reminiscent of the famous fictional tale from the...
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