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As an American male, my pronouns are he, him and his. As someone who exercises, plays guitar and drives a car, my verbs are walk, strum, pick and commute.
I like to think my adjectives are even-tempered, witty and open-minded. That means I’m not offended if you use different adjectives to describe me. Because I’ve been known to dangle a participle, split an infinitive and end a sentence wit...
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It is important for the leader of our country to honor God, give him praise and set an example for people to follow.
Unfortunately, this is not happening. Our country is being led into a decline of the darkness of misinformation, untruths and a poor economy. The failure to praise God has been set aside for riches and material possessions. There has been too much concern with the ways of the wor...
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•I can’t believe how much, since Biden took over, (it seems) that everything’s higher cost of ...
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By Brad Wolf, Guest Writer
“I’m mad as (heck), and I’m not going to take it anymore.”
So screamed the character Howard Beale in the 1976 movie “Network,” a prescient commentary on the corporate capture and slow suffocation of America. Howard was a prime-time news anchor who’d had enough.
To some of his viewers, he was having a mental breakdown on national television.
To oth...
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A couple of decades ago, I wrote a book in which I talked about what it takes to be a good citizen i...
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In 2022, the FBI sent a letter to all county sheriffs’ offices in Missouri seeking to randomly aud...
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Ancient Roman democracy had curbs on individual economic behavior. They had a highly placed government official called the “censor,” who had two responsibilities: to enact a census; and to watch out for wealthy people who were acting irresponsibly with their wealth.
One historian writes, “The Roman Republic labored all throughout its history to curb conspicuous expenditure.”
One exam...
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Thank you for your response to my letter, Richard Gettelfinger. I guess that firing a few people will solve the corruption issue in Ukraine, a country that ranks 144 out of 166 countries on the corruption scale, next to Russia. We’re north of $100 B in unaccounted money and material sent to Ukraine, but not to worry; the IRS is asking for 87,00 agents so our government can demand its tax-paying ...
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•I just wondered when they’re going to start the chicken restaurant down there in Corydon. They ...
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Confession: I have a few books out there that no one knows about because I haven’t written them .....
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"We can endure much more than we think we can." —Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderon
Frida ...
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Four New Jersey teenagers have been charged in connection with the attack of a 14-year-old girl who ...
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