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Army Bob: PSA test is best way to fight prostate cancer
by Robert M. Traxler Let’s discuss prostate cancer; all men will get prostate cancer if we live long enough, it is rapidly becoming the most common cancer in men. Half…
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One Small Voice: Strange charisma from a new hat
by Lynn Mandaville I really didn't need another hat. The one I already owned was perfectly serviceable. A sort of boater in style, it was a dark tan, stiffly woven…
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Ranger Rick: How the weather is like economics
The disaster that is Florence will make an indelible mark on those having gone through the hurricane and enormous rainfall amounts. To those yelling "Global Warming, Global Climate Change, Carbon…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: ‘Goin’ Home’ has special meaning
"All the memories came flooding back... Old Mrs. McAvoy eating that horrible chicken and the terrified child running from the burning wreck." — Vivian Stanshall, 1972, "Rawlinson End." Just about…
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Army Bob: Putin being handed a gift on a silver platter
Once again we hate the Russians, the enemies of my youth; after all, they invaded the Crimean Peninsula, sovereign territory belonging to Ukraine, and shot down a commercial aircraft, and…
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Ranger Rick: We need patriots, not more politicians
It is almost re-election season. Can you smell the stench of federal politicians yet? We have a U.S. representative, Congressman Fred Upton, who has been in office since 1987. While…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: It was the 4th quarter from hell for refs
"I report what I see and hear, and sometimes I comment on it." — David T. Young It surprised me that WOOD-TV Channel 8 broadcast a fairly major report Friday…
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One Small Voice: Press freedom and responsibility
Freedom of the press. Responsibility of the press. These are not one and the same thing. Freedom of the press means that a voice reporting with the written word cannot…
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Army Bob: Designer news is killing fair and balanced
by Robert M. Traxler Let’s talk about the good old Townbroadcast and the division we find in our nation. The rise of electronic media has resulted in designer news, which…
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Basura: And here’s yet more on Judge Roy Moore
“I don’t need religion. I have a conscience.” — Dr. Stacey Anderson Remember Judge Roy Moore? He’d been on the bench in Alabama, until his removal, twice. And he lost…