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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…

Editor March 17, 2018

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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…

Editor March 16, 2018

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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…

Editor March 15, 2018

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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…

Editor March 15, 2018

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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…

Editor March 15, 2018

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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.…

Editor March 13, 2018

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Army Bob: Forstchen’s series a very scary scenario

by Robert M. Traxler This may be a large surprise to the good folks on the left, but those of us on the right do read books. A series of…

Editor March 8, 2018

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One Small Voice: Pop culture fueling an awakening?

One of the first lessons I learned when I got my job as librarian at the Henika Library in Wayland was that I needed to immerse myself in popular culture…

Editor March 7, 2018

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Ranger Rick: Unions have crooked management history

I was perusing through the Web, looking for information about several things and I came across a UAW and Chrysler story about a Chrysler official, Alphons Iacobelli, paying off a…

Editor March 6, 2018

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The Subterranean: Check out these overlooked gems

by Walter G. Tarrow For those who care, Oscar turns 90 on Sunday, March 4. But every year for the past 33 years, the day before the Academy Awards, the…

Editor March 4, 2018