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One Small Voice: Vietnam Vets’ Day is silent holiday
by Lynn Mandaville I write this in recognition of Friday, March 29, National Vietnam Veterans Day, a national holiday signed into law on March 28, 2017, by (and don’t let…
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Army Bob: So what now is life after Mueller Report?
“We were told by “experts” on MSNBC that President Donald Trump would be impeached, charged, removed from office any day now, he can’t last the week.” I wrote this three…
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One Small Voice: Congress, not America, is rotting
The release of the Mueller Report was an anticlimax for me. Though I did not expect a full-blown condemnation of the president, I did expect some definitive evidence of explicit…
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Ranger Rick: President Trump deserves an apology
Contrary to what I told my friend Army Bob what my subject would be for this edition, the weekend news has changed my subject matter. To you folks who hoped…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Cell phones bring out our best, worst
Cell phones have brought out the best and the worst in people since they invaded our society more than three decades ago. They bring out the best when they are…
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Army Bob: We mustn’t pay for failures of socialism
The economy of most of Asia is booming. China came up with a system of government that allows a small amount of free enterprise capitalism, as did Viet Nam, and…
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Ranger Rick: So, elites cheat to get into school?
As a parent, you try to do everything possible to make it easier for your offspring to be the best they can be, whether that be after high school graduation…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Presley Hudson indeed is No. 1
Can Wayland claim to have a national champion in intercollegiate athletics? Yes. Before last Friday, the closest this community got to having one of their own win a national title…
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Basura: Trump should welcome the Mueller report
“Don’t worry about a thing, Cuz every little thing’s Gonna be alright.” — Bob Marley I see that President Donald J. Trump, on the Ides of March, declared that the Meuller Report should…
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One Small Voice: ‘Newest’ college admissions scandal
You can’t tell me that this current scandal surrounding the admissions of lesser deserving privileged children to elite colleges is anything new. It isn’t. What is different now is the…