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Basura: Appreciation of the Cottage Bar on its 90th birthday
"Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so." —…
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Army Bob: Trump merely highlights trust issues with media
President Donald Trump did not cause the trust issue with the media, he highlighted it. The American media, the self-proclaimed royalty of our nation, wined and dined and bribed by…
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Fatigue is about the only nasty side effect of radiation
by Robert M. Traxler After five months of drug treatment, testing, evaluating, probing and studying the long-awaited offensive is thankfully under way. Radiation will kill the cancer, hopefully all of…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: United we stand, divided we fall
Contempt: “The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving.” Not long ago, I read an opinion piece in which the author asserted the deteriorating…
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Subterranian Tales: McDonald Trump – ‘The Founder’ parable
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the first installment of columns by my former college roommate, Walter G. Tarrow of Southgate. A Vietnam veteran, he’s always been a bit of a…
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Ranger Rick: The Wayland Magical Mystery Land Deal
(Tap your heels three times and say I want it cheap!) The continuing drama of the “Outstanding Wayland Land Deal” reminds me of the Chicken Man radio series popular in…
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Army Bob: Marijuana will be legal, health concerns matter not
by Robert M. Traxler The Center for Disease Control (CDC), a federal agency, has recently published a paper on marijuana use. I am confident that we as a nation will…
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Ranger Rick: Taxation and debt reality — not a fairy tale
Taxation Example Story (Sad but True): Suppose that every day, five men go out for drinks and the bill for all five comes to $100. If they paid their bill…
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Barry Hastings: Located in the sewers of Washington D.C.
By Barry Hastings A few weeks ago, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Intelligence began floundering over some misconduct by the chairman, Devin Nunes, a Republican sneak (and snake)…
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Army Bob: Sens. Warren, Sanders sound calls for free speech
by Robert M. Traxler Freedom of speech is the right to articulate one's opinions and ideas without fear of government retaliation or censorship or societal sanction. The New Your Times…