Bacon upsets some people. That’s what the president of the Macon Bacon discovered recently when he received a letter asking him to change the minor league baseball team’s name. “Macon Bacon’s glorification of bacon, a processed meat that raises the risk of colorectal cancer and other diseases, sends the wrong message,” the letter said. It…
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While the nation narrowly avoided plunging over the debt default cliff in June, kicking the can down the road for two years won’t resolve our bigger problem. Namely, our spendthrift ways that have tripled the country’s collective red ink over the past 15 years. If you weren’t already gasping over our gargantuan-sized problem, consider that…
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Blockbuster’s Super Bowl commercial, followed by reactivation of its website in March, and the rumored reopening of five outlets in the LA/San Diego area had plenty of people buzzing in recent months. The best I can determine, it was a combination of hype and imaginations run amok. Even I thought it was for real after…
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It’s only in recent times that I started listening to a Christian FM radio station that seems to play incredible songs every time I tune in. Since that’s usually only on short trips around town, I can’t claim to be a musical expert. Yet, when I recently asked the managing editor of a magazine I…
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In these days of GPS on everyone’s phones, a Rand McNally Road Atlas may seem like an antiquated tool. But for those who consider me a dinosaur for favoring a printed map, consider what happened on our recent trip to Long Island. Unfortunately, I forgot to pack our atlas. After checking into our hotel in…
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If a picture is worth a thousand words, then one in a mid-May dispatch from Time magazine was worth at least five times that many. While not available for reprinting, the picture—which accompanied a story on immigration—showed five people pressing against the border fence between Texas and Mexico. Several had arms and hands extended through…
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While most people have left graduations in the rear view mirror, because of another state’s long school year, we have one more high school ceremony to attend this weekend. Since it involves our great-niece’s commencement, it is a welcome celebration. Our frenetic spring so far has included one graduation ceremony, invitations to two others that…
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After finishing season 3 of The Chosen recently, we received a dose of bad news: season 4 won’t air until 2024. The prospect of waiting a year until our next viewing filled us with disappointment. Considering the top 10 national box office performance of two recent theatrical packaging of season 3 episodes, plenty of viewers…
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Because my wife and I were past the typical marrying age when we tied the knot, we had to pay for our wedding. That’s one reason the only invitations were issued by word of mouth and the reception was in our new home. It was one of the best days of our lives. Crammed elbow…
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Asking the right questions can make all the difference in life, according to Eric Yuhasz, a middle-school science teacher in Orlando, Florida. He knows because he never asked them before launching into the TV news business that he thought he would like, only to discover he hated it. After a long, twisting road, he wound…
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