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• Do we overlook alien beacons?

  Mon Jun 21, 2010
  • When I was a boy in the Midwest, my uncle took me "trotline" fishing with him and his cronies. His trotline was a heavy cord tied to at least one bank of a river, with baited hooks set about six feet apart. They caught a lot of fish and ate them later.

• White House, Democrats close in on health bill

  Thu Mar 11, 2010
  • The GOP was reminded in the latest presidential election that there are far fewer Republicans registered to vote than Democrats.

• New study links diet to heart failure risk

  Fri Dec 26, 2008
  • I wish some writers had to learn new ideas by reading their own writing. "Increasing the number of servings of whole grains in your diet by one." One serving how often? Per week? Per day? Per lifetime? By the end of the article the implication is per day, but by then I'd lost interest.

• Pompeii family's final hours reconstructed

  Thu Dec 11, 2008
  • How fortunate that we don't have the political or religious reactions of the people of Pompeii to the eruption and destruction of their city. But then even silence doesn't stop some people.

• Praying for Election Day miracles

  Sat Nov 1, 2008
  • Those who believe human life begins at conception are often the same people who believe every word of the entire Bible is inspired by God. But there is a problem with this. If the sentence above describes you, read Exodus 21:22ff.

• Why it's not 'Joe the architect'

  Fri Oct 31, 2008
  • Let's face it, most working-class people resent those who are college-educated, speak well and dress formally. It works that way in the military too, with many enlisted men (I was enlisted, so I saw it) bad-mouthing officers just because they are officers.

• Are you more or less likely to vote for Barack Obama because of his acceptance speech?

  Thu Aug 28, 2008
  • He knows what we care about, and he cares about it too.

• AP IMPACT: CEO pay chugs up in '07 despite economy

  Sun Jun 15, 2008
  • What no one likes to say (or hear) is that these people consider themselves to be vastly superior to the rest of the human race. They see themselves as royalty and the rest of us as their peasant laborers.