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Old car no longer driving me crazy

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I’ve never been very good at long-term relationships.That’s not so much because of a lack of commitment on my part, but rather the paucity...

Calling it like I see it

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Let me be clear. I want to be supportive of the president and his policies.As a farmer, we voted for the president because he...

‘Sweet Daddy’ visits White Tower

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Sweet Daddy Siki wasn’t his baptized name, of course.We think it was Reginald.We also don’t know where or when he was born. Some say...

Somebody stop me

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My wife and I developed a terrible habit during the last presidential election. We spent countless hours watching the news channels — Fox News,...

Ready for a new challenge

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Many years ago when I was a college student trying to decide what I wanted to be when I grew up, I was originally...

Rocky Nelson and the ball game

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“When old Rocky Nelson shuffles up to the plate the ball comes in and the sound of wood, and the ball rises up like...

Opportunity is the enemy of poverty

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Back in 1931, historian James Truslow Adams endowed us with our first definition of what we call “the American Dream.” He wrote: “The American...

Why did he make me tell?

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There are many tools educators have at their disposal to effectively educate, and in the days when I attended school one of them was...

Police danced in a honky-tonk

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“Why don’t we get something to eat and then stop over at the Country Palace? It will give us an opportunity to chill and...

Lynchburg’s John Burton lived a lifetime of kindness

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Back when I was a kid following my father to “old men’s” basketball games, and approaching the age of playing organized hoops myself, I...