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Uncommon Sense: Happy Fourth of July
We can figure it out BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE America has always been a land of hard work and struggles but always with the hope and dream of success and prosperity. On the Fourth of July we celebrate our Declaration of Independence, ratified by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. The Second Continental
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Kyle’s Korner: Appalachian slang is something we can relate to
BY KYLE LOVERN Growing up in this region, I’m sure many of you have heard certain sayings or Appalachian slang handed down by your parents and grandparents throughout the years. My dad had a lot of these and I can recall many he used all the time. One of my favorites was, “He is more
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Prohibition
Dear Editor: From 1920-1933 alcohol and blood flowed in comparable amounts. Moonshiners and bootleggers had to keep double book accounts. The lawmen and bounty hunters doggedly chased them down, Until the inebriated were rounded up and found. What has taught us of any and all addictions? That we are not healed with man’s inflictions. So,
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Why is U.S. Postal Service ignoring reform legislation?
BY KEVIN YODER After the massive mail slowdowns and postage hikes of 2021, Congress took action to financially stabilize the U.S. Postal Service by passing a historic, bipartisan postal reform bill. The bill freed the Postal Service from an unreasonable 2006 law demanding that it pre-fund retiree health benefits 75 years in advance—a requirement that
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Uncommon Sense: Make today a good one
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Let’s all try to spend today and the rest of our lives more wisely. With rising inflation, we are all having to spend our hard-earned paychecks with care. Life is the same. We have less life today than yesterday. We don’t have as much life to spend today. We are all
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Letting rapists go free
BY CHRISTINE MCDONALD There is a sexual assault taking place right now. Every 68 seconds, someone in America is sexually assaulted. More than 97 percent of perpetrators get off scot-free. A major reason is mismanagement of physical evidence. It’s time for police work to enter the modern era — and employ the latest technology for
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Free Assange? Yes, but that’s not nearly enough
BY THOMAS L. KNAPP On June 17, U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face 18 criminal charges: One count of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion and 17 counts of violating the Espionage Act of 1917. If convicted on all charges, Assange faces up to 175
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What to do about our pool
BY NINA MCCOY On May 31, a required “public meeting” was held to see what Martin County citizens thought about filling in the county swimming pool and then using the space and $122,787.00 of the taxpayers money to match a $122,787 grant from the Land and Water Conservation Fund from the National Park Service to
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Uncommon Sense: A father and a child can make a great family
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Father’s Day is coming one more time, and you still have a chance at having a great family. Fathers, like most all people, have good days and bad days. They have great seasons of life and some that are more difficult. Few fathers will look back over their lives and say,
