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Does sparing the rod really spoil the child?
BY THOMAS L. KNAPP “When police found a kindergarten boy who had walked off from school after attacking his teacher and classmates,” Elizabeth K. Anthony writes at The Conversation, “it didn’t take them long to start guessing about the cause of his behavior.” Long story short: The cops concluded the boy wasn’t getting enough of…
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Make this next season of life a great one
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Enjoyable weather is coming soon. For many parts of the country, September through November offers many pleasant days. Don’t waste them by spending all your time staring at the television or Facebook. You still have some life to live. Spending four or five hours a day watching what everyone else is…
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Kyle’s Korner: Transition to Fall gives us mixed emotions
BY KYLE LOVERN This time of year, as we transition from the “dog days” of summer to the milder days of autumn, fills me with mixed emotions. Those hot and humid days of late summer are tough, especially as you get older. Many love the fall of the year and say it is their favorite…
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Head-to-head
This week the Mountain Citizen editorial team went head-to-head on the issue of student loan forgiveness. Student loan forgiveness may lead to long-term economic growth The Whitehouse has announced a three-pronged plan for student loan forgiveness that has caused predictable division across party lines. Despite the many criticisms of the plan, student debt relief is…
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Kyle’s Korner: Man’s best friend; Petey and Me
BY KYLE LOVERN My wife Vicki has been pestering me to read the book “Marley and Me” for several years. She read it long ago, and I did watch the movie with her but had never taken the time to read the book. Like she has said many times, the book is much better than…
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Biden proves many Americans are dummies
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE If you worked hard for a scholarship, paid your way through school, paid back loans or your family sacrificed for you to go to school, President Biden has shown that you were a big dummy. Don’t knock yourself out. Just sit back and the government will throw you some crumbs to…
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Of course women will be arrested for abortions
Did you think otherwise? BY IVONNE ROVIRA Originally published at Forward Kentucky (This was originally posted in May 2019.) During his campaign for the presidency, Donald Trump said on MSNBC, “You go back to a position like they had where they would perhaps go to illegal places, but you have to ban it.” He then…
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