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Danny Tyree: Don’t Be A Meathead! Celebrate Archie Bunker’s 50th Anniversary!

I spent Monday nights in the fall of 1975 breathlessly watching my favorite TV show. And I do mean breathlessly. That’s because I had to ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Tuesday, January 5, 2021 12:00 am

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Jim Crawford: We are still standing as 2021 begins

We will never forget 2020, nor will we ever regale its character-shaping benefits. 2020 was not a year to suggest triumph over adversity, or that ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Monday, January 4, 2021 12:00 am

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Don Lee: China collects moon dust, telescope to view the galaxy

I hope you had a pleasant, virus-free Christmas holiday. I bring some news about space this week. The Chinese had a successful round-trip to the ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Sunday, January 3, 2021 8:48 am

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Tim Throckmorton: To be the spitting image of Christ is the goal

It is from him I learned a love for history. It could have been the stamp collection he helped me start or perhaps it was ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Sunday, January 3, 2021 8:45 am

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MJ Wixson: Looking forward a the New Year

New Year’s Day is a big holiday for me! Not New Year’s Eve, that seems too much gluttony, excess and lateness for my age, but ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Sunday, January 3, 2021 8:37 am

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Dave Lavender — Five things that got me through 2020

1 – Tyler Childers LIVE at the Ryman Auditorium – It was the Great Conjunction of Country Music Highway history on Feb. 15, when Tyler ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Saturday, January 2, 2021 12:00 am

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U.S. Sen. Rob Portman: Tackling 2020’s challenges

I think we are all ready for 2020 to be over. It’s been a tough year. The health care and economic crises caused by the ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Thursday, December 31, 2020 12:00 am

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Danny Tyree: Is Profanity in the Ear of the Beholder?

In case you (expletives deleted) missed the marketing campaign, on January 5 the noble public servants at Netflix will launch a six-episode series, “History of ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Tuesday, December 29, 2020 12:00 am

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John Micek: The three things that kept me sane in 2020

The end of this sad, strange, historic and transformative year is almost upon us. And like a lot of you, I found myself burrowing into ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Monday, December 28, 2020 12:00 am

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Curtis Honeycutt: Nominees for the 2020 word of the year

During this unprecedented year, we’ve been introduced to a number of words, phrases and terms, many of which we’re eager to erase from our memories. ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Saturday, December 26, 2020 12:00 am

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A letter from Santa, via Mark Twain

In 1875, at the age of three-and-a-half, Susy Clemens wrote a letter to Santa Claus, with assistance from her mother Olivia. Soon after, she received ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Thursday, December 24, 2020 1:42 am

EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT

‘Yes, Virginia,’ there is a Santa Claus

In 1897, Virginia O’Hanlon, an eight-year-old schoolgirl from Manhattan asked her father whether or not Santa Claus was real. Unable to get a definitive answer ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Wednesday, December 23, 2020 2:40 am

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Jim Crawford: COVID-19 pandemic shows health care needs improved

Hospitals. The American health care system is made of baling wire and Elmer’s glue. Our hospitals, strained during the pandemic, are an economic and community-wide ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Monday, December 21, 2020 12:00 am

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Verbing around the Christmas tree

We’re due a season of merriment. After all, we’ve all lived through the first eleven months of 2020, so, pass the egg nog, and let’s ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Saturday, December 19, 2020 8:27 am

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Legally, there is a Santa Claus in Ohio

Dear Lawyer Mark: I am a third grader. Now that I’m grown up, why do people still believe in Santa Claus? My mom says because ... Read more