Dixie Divas
The romance of the rat and the snake
By Rhonda Rich
      Whenever Miss Virgie, my beloved mentor formerly of Pascagoula, Mississippi, now of Carson City, Nevada, learns I am dating a new guy, she is quick to pounce. "When's his birthday?" she asks with urgency. Normally, I reply, "Miss Virgie, I don't know. I also don't know his blood type or his cond...
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The demise of professor Ward Churchhill
The O'Reilly Factor
By Bill O'Reilly
      Well, it took two-and-a-half years, but the University of Colorado finally axed the nutty professor. Ward Churchill has been fired for academic misconduct, including plagiarism. Despite those assertions, this was really about an out-of-control teacher earning nearly $100,000 a year saying things s...
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Speak Up
If you could see any Broadway show at the Peacock Playhouse, what would it be?
     "Cats," I've never seen it and would like to. - Amanda Cannon
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Wires and Web
Who needs the extension cord?
By Harrison Keely
      The wire. YOU'RE FIRED! For those with silver streaks in their hair, having a wire is natural. It's real. It means that what you're holding, what you're using, is electronic. Batteries, and later cell phones, of course, changed this, and changed the way we pictured technology, but really - you're...
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From the porch
The time is now
By Dwight Otwell
      The time to get federal spending and the budget under control is now. The longer we wait to make hard decisions, the bigger the monster of out-of-control federal finances becomes. Presidential candidates are crawling out of every political burg in the country. I am not even close to deciding who...
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Professional credibility
      Unfortunately the By-Laws Committee and many current members of Clay County Fire & Rescue Squad Inc feel as if ours has been damaged by a few members who like worrying our founders and the community, while these same members have already "retired" from fighting fire,
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