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Yes It Is, It’s True: Lessons from a Daisy Duck fable?
One of the most memorable fables from my childhood, besides Aesop’s tales, came from a Daisy Duck comic book. Yes, from Daisy Duck. There was a period in the mid-1950s…
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Basura: Halloween memories keep flooding back
As college students, my then girlfriend and her roomies hosted what they called a Hairy Buffalo party. Everyone was to dress in costume, and bring some sort of alcoholic beverage.…
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Army Bob: Where there’s smoke there’s fire for Hillary
Well here we go again, a re-examination, a reopening of one just one of the Clinton scandals/criminal investigations. Our good friends on the left, not the far left, are not…
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Monday Moanin’: Lawsuit seeks justice for Flint children
A class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday seeks justice for the children of Flint, who are suffering the effects of months of drinking lead-contaminated tap water while also not receiving adequate special…
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Army Bob: Why is the left blind to Islam’s sexism?
Have you ever asked yourself why strict Islamic countries, countries that have Sharia law or are Islamic States, require women to be covered almost completely concealed? Ever questioned the rationale…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: The road to Hell is paved with…
Candidate forums are the most well meaning, but least informative public exercises I can think of. It is rare indeed when I have come away from these meet and greet,…
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Basura: Memories of Carl and a trip to the WWII Memorial
“That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet.” — Emily Dickinson (Note: the events described happened seven years ago. Carl is no longer with us, but he’s…
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Ranger Rick: Don’t get sucked in by ‘global warming’ hoax
“The Arctic Ocean is warming up, icebergs are becoming scarcer and in some places the seals are finding the water too hot, according to a report to the Commerce Department…
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Monday Moanin’: School funding still down after recession
Nearly a decade after the recession, school funding in many states hasn’t recovered (From Michigan Radio’s ‘State of Opportunity’) Nearly 10 years after the recession, school funding is still way…
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This is Barry Hastings signing off. It’s his swan song
EDITOR'S NOTE: Barry Hastings has been writing this column for Townbroadcast for about two years, but he has to give it up for economic and health reasons. No, he wasn't…