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Love: At least you know it’s always there

Updated: May 21, 2013 3:59pm

So, if I said to you, “I’ve opened a bank account in your name. The account contains a balance of $5 million. To access the money, you’ll need the PIN number, which only I know. And I’m not going...

Give me a coffee and news on paper

Updated: May 14, 2013 7:33pm

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Teen renews faith in White Hall’s young

Updated: Oct 22, 2012 9:04am

The roots for this story actually began a year ago when six men who had been fishing together for a period of time reserved a cabin in the Missouri Ozarks for this past week.

In the past few...

Tales of flying saucers and aliens from Bono

Updated: Oct 15, 2012 9:34am

Over the years a good journalist will have encountered his or her share of news “brights” — offbeat articles that turn out humorous in nature. No one could mistake them for a serious news...

Give the dearly undeparted voters a break

Updated: Oct 08, 2012 10:41am

It seems sanity has prevailed in the Texas quest to find “potentially deceased” people, dead or alive, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The craziness started last year in the Texas...

Follow the money trail and watch the lawyers

Updated: Oct 01, 2012 9:02am

Sometimes the lady who delivers the mail to my home leaves correspondence I could do without. Such was the case recently when I received a notice of a proposed “class action settlement” in U.S...

Closing of a library is like death in family

Updated: Sep 24, 2012 10:45am

As we age, checking the obituary page becomes a daily rite for many. I read recently in an out-of-state newspaper about the pending demise of an old friend. The old friend is the branch...

Cows are smarter than computer geeks

Updated: Sep 17, 2012 12:27pm

In my lifetime I have two real occupations — journalist and milking cows. Milking cows for a living was always my second choice.

The reasons behind my decision not to become a dairyman were...

Pardons and acts of clemency are controversial

Updated: Sep 10, 2012 9:31am

Four White Hall men were debating the merits of Bill Clinton over coffee the morning following the Democratic National Convention and the subject of executive clemency surfaced in their discussion...

Groups have trouble signing up young members

Updated: Sep 04, 2012 8:49am

When the 16 million soldiers, sailors and airmen came home from serving their country at the end of World War II, large numbers of the 16 million who had served joined the two largest veterans...

What has happened to the middle class?

Updated: Aug 28, 2012 8:05am

A White Hall man and his son, an accountant, were overheard recently discussing a subject that normally might be considered a dry topic over morning coffee: Median household income.

The...

Attaching a label to just about everything

Updated: Aug 20, 2012 9:22am

An old friend sent an advertisement the other day for a new store in his community. The ad came with a question: What is your décor?

Most men don’t think about labels like décor. I suspect...

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