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Freedom-loving Americans need to stand up for our Constitution

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World history reports that no democracy has ever lasted more than 200 years. Only a few empires have exceeded that time limit.  Unfortunately, we in the United States of America have important and high-ranking politicians erroneously using the word “democracy” as the type of government established with the ratification of the proposed Constitution in 1788,…

Even with my cancer, my Heavenly Father is in charge

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One of the things I have taught my students is that each one needs two mentors: one living and one who has passed on. I have had both.  My living mentor was Dr. Avery Willis, a well-known name among Baptists worldwide. For some reason, Avery picked me to travel with him to teach MasterLife, a…

Some of the best vacations are just not that complicated

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When I was a kid, we didn’t have much money and so we never took a real summer vacation. Sometimes, usually on the Fourth of July or over the Labor Day weekend, we would drive over to Conway, Arkansas, to visit family members and go crappie fishing. When Susan and I started having kids, we…

Someone needs to explain DST to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez

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With the 2020 election season well underway, it seems that the situations of candidates for the two major parties are quite reversed from 2018.  At last report, there were 24 candidates for the Democrat Party nomination (the correct name) and no one so far with an “R” registration with the temerity to challenge our incumbent…

A cave competition and bumper stickers in Missouri

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I was born and raised in the state of Missouri; our state is called the Show Me State. We got that name because in the early days, we Missourians were rural farmers, and we didn’t cotton to all that highfalutin’, slick, double-tongued city folk talk. So the bottom line was to put up or shut…

It’s hard to keep up with all the church name changes

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There is a trend across America for churches to change their names. There are probably a lot of good reasons for this. Churches that have been around for decades may have had a turnover in the congregation and a new name would be more reflective of the new parishioners. Other churches may have moved to…

Gov. Kevin Stitt is keeping the promises made in his campaign

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Four months after his inauguration, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt seems to have done the peoples’ work in an exemplary manner, at least from my point of view.  Much like PRESDT-45, he seems to have not let those of a different political and social outlook – with their constant false accusation and criticism – distract him…

Summer vacations, $5.00 woodpeckers and toothpicks

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When I was growing up, my family wasn’t poor, but we used to eat cornflakes with a fork to save milk. Even though we lived somewhere between upper poor and lower middle-class, my parents always had enough to provide us with a summer vacation. I have written about our vacations before because we usually got…

I wonder if Keystone Dam could have been managed a bit better

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Now that it appears the worst of the 2019 river floods has passed and the water levels are receding, it seems proper to reflect on what happened, what could have been done different, and what may be facing us during the rest of the year.  It appears that this year, the water levels have risen…