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Butt burning and winter safety
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Much of America is enjoying a large dose of winter this week. There will be more to come. This is butt-burning weather, but let me explain. When I was around 4 or 5 years old, I drank too much soda pop before I went to bed. It was a cold January…
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Get rich in college sports?
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE The top 25 highest-paid college athletes by NIL (Name, Image and Likeness) valuation for the 2025-26 season include Arch Manning with a leading valuation of $6.8 million and Fernando Mendoza, who ranks within the top 25 with a valuation of approximately $2.2 million to $2.6 million, depending on the source. Top…
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Keep doing your best
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE The best we can do right now is the best we can do. We can be influencers and voices to those who help and serve us. However, we do not control the government. We can vote, and that is powerful. We can let our leadership know how we feel and that…
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Maduro and Putin, one in, one out
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Nicolas Maduro is the former President of Venezuela. He’s been in power since 2013 and has been accused of being a dictator due to electoral fraud, human rights abuses, corruption and severe economic hardship. Today he is in a Brooklyn jail. He and his wife, Cilia Flores, were arrested by U.S.…
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2026 resolutions: Keep the fire burning
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Seems like yesterday that we were making New Year’s resolutions. Time flies by. Since time goes by so quickly the first resolution we all might consider making is to savor the moment. Every day is a gift and a celebration. Savor your work, family, friends, entertainment, hobbies, church, meals, nature and…
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Christmas is good news
Christmas is good news: Christ the Savior is born. Billions around the planet embrace his declaration daily and especially on Christmas Day. There is more to Christmas Day than the celebration of the birth of Jesus. We utilize the day for family gatherings, gift exchanges, and to eat more than most other times of the…
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We need the good news of Christmas
We never get a break from bad news. In recent days we have heard of people being killed at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia. There have been more school shootings from Brown University to Kentucky State University. Russia continues to bomb Ukraine and groceries continue to assault Americans’ pocketbooks. Yet, at Christmastime the overriding theme…
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One more Christmas
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE How many more Christmases will you have? Will you have 50 more? A dozen more? Maybe you will have just one more—maybe. There are no guarantees of a certain number of more Christmases. My grandpa Hinkle suffered from heart issues. I remember him suffering an episode where his heart was bothering…
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The Christmas Spirit
We can’t think about December without thinking about Christmas. December is saturated with Christmas. Christmas shopping, Christmas baking, Christmas Carols, Christmas television programs, Christmas religious services and the Christmas spirit. Christmas has an accelerated pace of hustle and bustle, but it also has an eerie, haunting side. I was going through my cellphone contact list…
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Thanksgiving – take time to give thanks
We can and should celebrate Thanksgiving every day. Jesus told the story about the man cleansed of leprosy who returned to give thanks. He pointed out that nine experienced the same healing of their physical problem but did not return to give thanks. The Pilgrims celebrated Thanksgiving. They gave thanks for the rain, their harvest,…
