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Traffic disco

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There are several car commercials on TV that show people dancing in the front seat of their cars. That’s a good reason to buy a brand-new $33,000 car: so you can get a $500 sound system. Good deal, huh?

The commercials don’t say anything about the car’s reliability, safety features or gas mileage. Come to think of it, the commercials don’t say anything about the car at all. It’s as if they’re not selling you a car, but a stereo that you can drive.

Good Morning Vietnam!

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The movie starring Robin Williams loosely told the story of Armed Forces Radio Station DJ, Adrian Cronauer. He was gone by the time I arrived in-country in February, 1968. It’s odd I don’t remember listening to radio during my two tours on boats in Vietnam, but I must have since I remember popular tunes of the time.

Hey, Congress, fix the border

It doesn’t require a genius to recognize the problems occurring at the United States Southern border are political. They are only humanitarian since they are being intentionally created. Many Americans,

Of cats, dogs and thunderstorms

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In my household, we have a chihuahua and a stray cat. These two animals have lived together for a little over three years. They are funny to watch together as

Rites of passage

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In the space between childhood and fully becoming an adult, there have been customs performed by young men and women to signify or test their right to become a full

When Momma's happy

An old adage that most people and cultures are familiar with is “When momma’s happy, everybody is happy. When she’s not, nobody is happy.” Of course, we also know that

The impact of music

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There may not be anyone on this spinning Third Rock that doesn’t like at least some form of music. I’m no different from the next guy, with the style and

Words with friends

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I feel like Barbara Kelly every time somebody stops me and says, “There was a word in your column last week that I didn’t know.” Really. Was there? “Yeah, what

She has a way

There is a circular story about Saturday’s Freedom Fest you might find oddly orbicular. In fact it has been going around for years without coming to fruition until now.

One of this town’s most direct women, you know the type – they get an idea in their head and it seems nothing can prevent them from accomplishing the thought. Well, years ago she gave birth to a brainchild that most would have quickly forgotten or given up for adoption.

What's the deal with Whataburger?

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Texans are up in arms about the sale of a controlling interest in Whataburger to an investment banking firm out of all places, Chicago. Assuredly the world is ending as this must be one of the signs of the impending Apocalypse. For shame, for shame.