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We all deserve better than this
Georgia State Patrol Trooper First Class Chadwick LeCroy was 38. He was married and was the father of two sons.
Starting Jan. 1, don't text and drive
Starting next week, it will be against the law in Kansas to drive, hold a cell phone in one hand and type text into it with the other. So, it will be against the law to steer with your feet.
Why Christmas is merry
We pause in this oh so-busy season for the old, old story: Luke 2 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the ...
Humility important in air travel
In today's world, you can hardly pick up a paper without reading about another business that is at risk of closing down in the current recession - it's over, it's not over, it's getting worse, it's getting better - and yet the stress on business is obvious.
Oswald coffin should go back to family
"My experience as a curator has been, if people have room and it's a Kennedy item, they will collect it," - Gary Mack, Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas.
Amazing -- Chavez struggles to retain dictatorial power
It's amazing that year after year we continue to play the international name-game, as if calling pigs "swine" makes them stink less.
Festivus isn't for the rest of us
To paraphrase the sage: "If you don't believe in anything you can believe in everything."
Washington (state) is trying to cut back
Hey, every little bit helps, as the folks in Washington state are learning when it comes to cutting back on those folks who insist on taxpayers funding their every whim - OK, they're in prison, so it's not so much "whims" that are being discussed, but still, the Washington officials are finding ways to cut back.
And now, a Word from your Sponsor
It may come in an absolutely crystal clear spring morning, when the dew makes new grass look like it's diamond studded, and a song bird sings after a long, cold winter.
Keep plugging away
It seems like all our work is going for nothing, we work and work and get stabbed in the back for our efforts to make things better and then, out of nowhere, everything comes together and - success!
Turn it down, or turn it off
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Just don't send America the bill
More power to the Transformer Gallery, if it is fond of anti-Catholic "art." It's owners and supporters and fans and artists can take comfort that they live in a nation where they have the right to public expression.
Crime still doesn't pay
Just when you are tempted to lose faith in the free enterprise system, there's a development like that affecting a cyber-terrorism website and you realize that there is still such a thing as economic justice.
It's the criminals you need to be concerned about
"Nobody's sayin' you can't own a gun. "Nobody's even sayin' you can't carry a gun. "All we're sayin' is you can't carry a gun in town. That's not so bad, is it?" - Virgil Earp, "Tombstone," 1993. Nobody's sayin' you can't carry a gun onto an Amtrak train, we're just sayin' you've gotta check it at the train door. That's the ruling that came down in California recently, but if you just heard the talking ...
Set down the booze long enough to raise your kids
In just about every way possible, the American culture continues to tell young people that to (1) have fun, (2) be cool, (3)) act sophisticated, you need alcohol.
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Freedom of speech
Freedom of speech is a founding principle of our country. Freedom of speech also comes with responsibility.
Cool/Not Cool
The Imagination Playground is coming to Great Bend and will make its public debut during June Jaunt. The portable playground is a set of oversized blocks, lightweight but sturdy enough to build with. They were designed by award-winning architect David Rockwell, who was inspired by watching his own children play.
Time to grow up
Challenges. All of us have them. And, it is easy to sit around and point fingers and blame others for our failures. It is easy to throw out exaggerated or incorrect information and hope people will listen and take up our cause because of the passion behind our words. It is easy to become caught up in distracting and destructive banter. It is easy to become a fool.
Trash talk
The senior class president of Heights High School in Wichita was suspended for the rest of the school year after posting a bit of trash talk about the school football team on Twitter.
Logical flood insurance rules finally passed
At long last, Congress, yes that gridlocked legislative body in D.C., has made changes to the National Flood Insurance Program. Astoundingly, the new rules actually make sense.
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