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Are you ready for some football?
It is that time of season when sports fans are inundated with football. You have high school football on Friday nights, college football on Saturdays and NFL football on Sundays. But wait. Nowadays you pretty much have some kind of football about every day of the week. While high school football is routinely on Friday…
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Nepal, Sept. 11 and deadly surprises
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Surprises can be deadly. A devastating flood recently hit Nepal and China. A glacier collapse caused a massive flood that killed over 1,300 people and left more than 5,000 missing. The flood destroyed entire communities, including the border crossing between Nepal and China and caused over $2.56 billion in damages. Rescue…
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The Democratic Party is changing
This is not the Democratic Party of our parents or grandparents. If you have been paying attention to primary elections across the United States, you have probably noticed the growing influence of democratic socialists within Democratic politics. Several candidates affiliated with or backed by the Democratic Socialists of America have won Democratic nominations this year,…
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Dolly Parton: We will always love you
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE I was in the third grade when my teacher announced that President Kennedy had been shot. When Elvis died, I was in the parking lot of an auto parts store in Englewood, Ohio, and heard the news on the radio. I will always remember where I was when I learned the…
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Orange barrels, potholes, gas prices and a legend
Do you not wish you had bought stock in the orange and white construction barrels and cones? Just between Williamson and Charleston on Corridor G, there always seems to be ongoing roadwork and plenty of barrels to redirect traffic. Now, if you drive from Williamson on U.S. 119 to Pikeville, you will see many of…
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Daily life strategies
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE We all need a few strategies for navigating the highway of life. Here is a simple rule: Do not fight with people at a buffet. When someone cuts in front of you to grab the fried chicken or mashed potatoes, simply back off. Let them reach for what they want. Keep…
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Term limits needed for Congress
I have felt for years that the United States needs term limits for the U.S. Senate and congressional seats. I will go a step further and say we need them for local and state offices like state senators and delegates. Career politicians eventually get complacent, and I feel they are more concerned about getting reelected…
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Do you still hear the trumpets?
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE A retired friend of mine fishes three or four times a week. He does it because he enjoys it and it is something to do. A retired schoolteacher friend played organized basketball until he was 85. He played in college and enjoyed the game his entire life. High school kids play…
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My favorite football movies
With gridiron season nearly upon us, I thought about all the football movies made over the years. If you do the research, there are a lot more than you think, going all the way back to the 1920s. There are several great older black-and-white movies, like “Horse Feathers” with the Marx Brothers, “Knute Rockne-All American”…
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Airport man: Gary Wayne Cox
BY JOE COLLIER Twenty-six years ago, my good friend Gary Wayne Cox was considering a career change. He told me he had received an offer to manage the Big Sandy Regional Airport. Having no interest in flying, I had never taken a close look at the place. When I finally did, it looked more like…
