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Overcoming our ignorance about history and government

The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation (WWF) released its findings from a nationwide test on American history and government, and the results were pretty horrible. ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Monday, March 4, 2019 3:09 pm

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How Venezuela can learn from a neighbor about freedom

Imagine a South American country, bordering Colombia, which suffered a decade of party instability and corruption, ushering in the election of a leftist president whose ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Friday, February 22, 2019 6:00 am

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Many shepherds are needed to find lost lambs today

There’s no training in life that really prepares you for when a sibling disappears in a city with millions of people. But that’s what happened ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Monday, February 4, 2019 8:45 pm

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Why The Trade Deficit With China Is Getting Worse, Not Better

The overall U.S. trade deficit is growing, not shrinking.  And it’s getting worse with China.  The United States trade deficit with the People’s Republic of ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Saturday, February 2, 2019 6:00 am

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It’s a relief that baseball’s Hall of Fame is still steroid free

We can celebrate the induction of relief pitcher Mariano Rivera into baseball’s Hall of Fame, as well as a pair of solid starters, while the ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Friday, January 25, 2019 7:50 pm

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MLK’s strategy isn’t just nice — it’s also effective

Typically, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is touted in writing and the history books as being a nice person, for his message of meaningful ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Friday, January 18, 2019 6:33 pm

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Plan needed for border security

Republicans or Democrats must at least agree on one factor: we need the best possible border security. Once we get that, we need to figure ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Friday, January 11, 2019 5:47 pm

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The true value of your local newspaper

So what’s the value of a newspaper? You’d think that could be answered with something about the net worth of the paper, the presses, the ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Thursday, January 3, 2019 6:52 pm

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Withdrawing from Syria a mistake

President Donald Trump announced that he intends to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. To do so would be to breathe new life into ISIS, hand ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Wednesday, December 26, 2018 4:00 pm

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This Christmas help those who lost loved ones or a home

Each Christmas Season, one of our Sunday School members always reminds us to pray, and look out for those who lost a loved one. She ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Friday, December 21, 2018 1:56 pm

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