Welcome to the world of MAGA machismo, where muscles trump brains
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Welcome to the world of MAGA machismo, where muscles trump brains

Dick Polman Ladies and gentleman, here is your United States Senate, then and now: Sen. Daniel Webster on March 7, 1850: “It is fortunate that there is a Senate of the United States (with) a just sense of its own dignity, and its own high responsibilities, and a body to which the country looks with…

Congress needs to take action or your taxes will be going up
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Congress needs to take action or your taxes will be going up

Peter Roff The latest data suggests a drop in energy prices may have tamed the inflation monster. President Joe Biden certainly hopes so, since the marks he’s getting from the American people for his handling of the economy are some of the lowest on record. What people think and what the data shows don’t always…

The sin of self-pity
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The sin of self-pity

Caleb Duncan This past year, I’ve noticed several situations where I’ve said, ”Woe is me,” a little bit too much. Instead of embracing my situation, praying through it, and giving it to God, I’ve done something else. I’ve wallowed in it, complained about it, and tried to manage it myself. Because of a variety of…

Happy Corner: Shouppe Howell’s WWII diary
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Happy Corner: Shouppe Howell’s WWII diary

Hazel Tison In 1943 when my husband and his best friend Shouppe Howell graduated from Holmes County High School, there was little to look forward except that as almost 18 year-olds, they knew that they would be drafted into the armed services. As small-town country boys, they had spent many hours with their younger brothers…

Will 25-year milestone bring a second wind?
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Will 25-year milestone bring a second wind?

Danny Tyree Well, that quarter-century went by faster than the weaver’s shuttle! (Almost as fast as younger readers Googling, “What the %$#@& is a weaver’s shuttle?”) As of late October, I have been pounding out a Tyrades! column every week for 25 years without a single break, and with no plans to slow down. Why…