Jun 22, 2015
Stop Signs Are Forever: When Uncle Sam gets one right
Richard Toler lived at 515 Poplar St. in Cincinnati, during the summer of 1937 when a young white woman named Ruth Thompson knocked on his door.
Toler was somewhere around 100 years old at that po…
Jun 22, 2015
Guns in Church
A faith group in our town recently held a worship event with about 350 plus people in attendance. They expected people from several states and foreign countries including Nigeria, South Africa, Botsw…
Jun 15, 2015
Visiting Parliament on Independence Day
I felt almost like a traitor being in England on Independence Day.
Jun 11, 2015
Handicapping the Expansive GOP Field
It's that time again. Every four years, the GOP interviews presidential hopefuls to determine who will be their nominee, who will have a show on Fox and who will be doing reverse mortgage commercial…
Jun 8, 2015
Doris Kingry: Phone service is different these days
In the early 1950's I worked in the courthouse as secretary to School Superintendent Charles Morris. I sat at the front desk, receiving all telephone calls and visitors, among many other duties. At t…
Jun 8, 2015
You can't fool people into going to church
I live in Shawnee, Oklahoma. On any given Sunday morning, there will be a significant percentage of the population that gets up early and heads to a church of their choice.
But according to one su…
Jun 2, 2015
Do You Have Crabs in Your Life?
I imagine you are asking yourself, “Where is she going with this title?” I will explain. Recently, I found out an interesting fact. Did you know if you catch one crab and put him in a bucket, you …
Jun 2, 2015
Rick Holmes: In Iraq, the bitter fruit of intervention
Twelve years into the American intervention in Iraq, the things opponents – yes, there were opponents to George W. Bush’s invasion, including me – warned about have come true: an Iraqi civil war, spr…