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By Barry Hastings The agonies of Cuba began on a bright sunny morning in 1492, when three small ships (one much smaller than what we'd today call a 'small' yacht)…

I remember the cherry rocker that was in our home. It had come to our house from my maternal grandmother. I recall that when I was in high school, Grandma…

There’s been a lot of talk lately about fake news, particularly the kind that has been distributed widely on Facebook and the Internet. Being in the business for more than…

Christmas is a time for family, friends and loved ones to gather together and enjoy the season. With all the activity of the season, everyone going everyplace shopping, ordering gifts,…

Perhaps the battle over separation of church and state will never end. It’s been going on in the United States for more than 225 years. As a lifelong student of…

"All wars of any appreciable length have a secularizing effect upon engaged societies, a diminution of the authority of old religious and moral values and a parallel elevation of new…

A note to my publisher and readers at townbroadcast.com: As I sipped my first cup of coffee Tuesday morning (and twisted my first savory smoke of the day), it occurred…

by Amy Kerr Hardin Do you live in a state, city, town or village where voters rejected Trump? If so, please urge your state and/or local leaders to entertain a…