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Watch This Republican Primary

Across the country, primaries involving the Republican Party’s two main flanks are fairly common. Those involving such names as Taft and Eisenhower, Goldwater and Rockefeller, Reagan and Ford, Reagan and Bush 41, Huckabee and McCain - and many more - come to mind. Pick whichever labels ...

Straight-Line Mowing Vs. Scattershot Seeding

By Denny Bonavita Ah, spring. Revive the old saw: “Spring is sprung, the grass is riz; I wonder where the posies is.” “The flowers are right beneath the mower blade!” she shouts. Yes, my wife and I continue to amuse our dogs, cats and chickens with traditional sounds as we revert ...

Bernie, What Is Your Daily Life Like?

Meet Bernie, the beta-man. Bernie was a study of marital anxiety. He called and came reluctantly. The self-reproach, the shame he described emanated from an abusive marriage. His self-described alpha wife reportedly tormented Bernie for years. Though described as a “nice guy” by family, ...

Here We Are Again, This Time In Minneapolis

And so here we are again. Another black man, unarmed and defenseless, is dead at the hands of a white police officer. This time it was in Minneapolis, where excessive force complaints against its police officers are all-too-common, especially by black residents. This time, it was 46-year-old ...

Some Facts Worth Knowing

Imagine that you are an unborn spirit in heaven. God condemns you to a life of poverty but will permit you to choose the country in which you will spend your life. Which country would you choose? I would choose the United States of America. A recent study by Just Facts, an excellent source of ...

What Leadership Means

History can be cruel. The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., who was unquestionably America’s most prominent prophet and practitioner of nonviolence, was followed by riots, arson and looting in 168 American cities and towns. The numbers are staggering: 2,600 fires were set; 21,700 ...