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One Small Voice: Do good, if only for the endorphins

by Lynn Mandaville "He recognized that serving others enriched the giver's soul." This is an isolated quote taken from the eulogy given by George W. Bush for his father, George…

Editor December 9, 2018

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Basura: Blennies, college football and GHW Bush

Essential Oils that I recognize: Motor. Hashish. Olive. — (attributed to me) . . . I was dreaming about snorkeling. There are so many interesting fish and other forms of marine…

Editor December 7, 2018

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Army Bob:Can we feed the world with good intentions?

After oil/natural gas, what is the next vital resource nations will go to war over? Food, mostly grain crops. Grain is easy to produce, transport and store, if you have…

Editor December 6, 2018

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Ranger Rick: Ecosocialism really is the new serfdom

When you hear on the media commenting on the UN IPCC (United Nations International Panel on Climate Change), most people think it is a serious international panel to investigate the…

Editor December 4, 2018

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Yes It Is, It’s True: Baseball defends electoral college

Townbroadcast has been inundated lately with opinions about the electoral college method of selecting the American president, thanks to a column by the venerable Army Bob. Column author Robert M.…

Editor December 2, 2018

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Army Bob: Founders were wise with electoral college

The map shows us that those old dead guys who established our constitutional democracy were very perceptive. The founders were concerned that the states of Virginia, New York and Pennsylvania…

Editor November 29, 2018

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Ranger Rick: More climate ‘pie in the sky’ change

If you are like most consumers of media you know about all the horrors of global warming, climate change, global cooling, warming oceans, cooling oceans, CO2 increases, CO2 decreases, etc.…

Editor November 27, 2018

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One Small Voice: Compare romaine lettuce to guns

by Lynn Mandaville Back in April of this year there was a nationwide recall of chopped romaine lettuce because of the deaths of several people and the illnesses of many…

Editor November 26, 2018

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Yes It Is, Is True: I believe I’ve been lied to all my life

"We tell lies when we are afraid… afraid of what we don’t know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every…

Editor November 22, 2018

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Army Bob: Ingesting any kind of smoke is bad for you

by Robert M. Traxler “So far in 2018, more than 48,900 fires have burned more than 7,700,000 acres of land in the United States, according to the National Interagency Fire…

Editor November 22, 2018