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Will we let term-limited politicians hook us again?
"The last time I saw a mouth like that, it had a hook in it." — Rodney Dangerfield Perhaps the three most consequential political lies perpetrated on and believed by…
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One Small Voice: Who are heroes, cowards in shootings?
by Lynn Mandaville A good guy with a gun. A bad guy with a gun. What do they have in common? A human being. And a lethal weapon. How shall…
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Army Bob: Free and fair trade best for American worker
Trade, free or fair, it depends on whether you are a supporter of President Donald Trump. President Trump has managed to do the impossible — to get the left and…
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Ranger Rick: In crazy California, is it the last straw?
You’re driving across the Mojave Desert on Highway 40 and stop at a café in Barstow. You order a burger, fries and soft drink and it arrives at your table.…
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One Small Voice: Parents’ gift to me was tolerance
by Lynn Mandaville One of the many, many things that grabbed my interest this week was a posting about Morgan Roof, sister of mass murderer Dylann Roof. (Dylann was responsible…
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Ranger Rick: Fla. Teacher of Year debunks gun control
RANGER RICK'S NOTE: This is an article I viewed a few weeks after the shooting that killed 17 students and teachers in Florida. Ms. Kelly Guthrie Raley says it well…
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Army Bob: Opioids vs. heroin, and supply and demand
by Robert M. Traxler “Drug overdoses have since become the leading cause of death of Americans under 50, with two-thirds of those deaths from opioids. In 2016, the crisis decreased…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: A pox on local politicos who diss kids
“Come mothers and fathers Throughout the land And don't criticize What you can't understand Your sons and your daughters Are beyond your command Your old road is Rapidly agin'. Please…
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The Subterranean: ‘Flint Town’ is just a cop opera
by Walter G. Tarrow An overlong, tiresome, ultimately pointless episode of “Cops” A **1/2 review of the documentary series “Flint Town” showing exclusively on Netflix A documentary film, as opposed…
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Ranger Rick: Media having a cow over Trump-N. Korea
Last week it was announced President Donald Trump planned to meet with Kim Jung Un, the leader of North Korea. This made the fake news announcers' and pundits heads' explode.…