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MILITARISM DAY By Kenneth G. Crosby     The observation of Memorial Day in the U.S. on May 25, when all Americans were asked to stop whatever they were doing and observe a minute of silence for members of the military who have “given their lives to preserve our freedom,” implied that all members of […]

GOD ON THE LINE By susan q. miller   “You can’t answer the phone when you’re dead.” That was the first thing on my mind this morning even before my feet touched the floor. No, you can’t answer the phone, but when you’re dead, neither can you dance or sing or touch another human being,

PAW PRINTS ON MY HEART By Gudrun Jones, Co-Founder & President of the Lakeside Spay & Neuter Center   She is just a little thing, hungry lost and afraid. It is only a dog and so many of her species face the same fate and we are unaware of the plight that goes on around

LETTING THE GARDEN GROW WILD By Michael Hogan   is something we do in alternate years: bougainvillea branching up over the roof violet and orange bracts falling in a carpet from the back door to the far retaining wall. Morning glories curling up the smooth bark of the plane tree and the mango so heavy

Havoc In Motion By Jay White Pearls of the Islands   A girl in a faded navy blue skirt sat on a bench in the Dallas bus depot feeling alone as an abandoned valise. She sat with her knees pressed together and held her ankles together as well so that the toes of her church

COMEDY WITHOUT NETS By Michael G. McLaughlin   Improvisational theater descended from Commedia dell’ arte in 16th Century Italy. There were two venues for paid actors: the church and the aristocracy. So theater was limited in subject matter and audience. Church productions were passion and moral plays and performances before the aristocracies were most certainly

DEAR DOGS AND CATS (The following was found posted very low on a refrigerator door.)   The dishes with the paw prints are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for

REVERSE AGING AND ALKALINE WATER By Julie D’Costa   Earlier we defined reverse aging as the removal of residual acidic waste products from our cells. Having a definition gives us choices, additional ways to choose youth over aging. We can choose to drink liquids that are alkaline as one way to help in this process.

TIMES ARE TOUGH! By Bill Franklin   The KKK has been attracting all the wrong kind of people. Apparently the Klan has been so demonized that it’s getting tougher to get the high caliber thugs they’re accustomed to getting. Their image has been tarnished and so, due to a bad press, (probably liberal and biased),

PNEUMONIA—Should You Be Vaccinated?   It is that time of year again when we are reminded to get our influenza vaccination (flu shot). Now another vaccination, “the pneumonia shot”, is being recommended. While it is obvious that this is to prevent pneumonia, the serious ramifications and complications of this infection are generally unknown. Facts to