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  Republicans Should Be the Party of Mental Health, Not Marijuana

  “Medical marijuana” is just a Trojan horse to open our gates to full legalization, normalization and commercialization of an addiction-for-profits, THC-delivery scheme which is devastating other states.

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  Former Mayor Lown: Vote NO on San Angelo Police Chief Propositions

  Experience has shown me to beware of the tyranny of efforts to define who can and cannot run for office.  It is best to respect the intelligence and instincts of voters.

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  Best Foot Backward

  OPINION — Today our subject is People Who Stepped In It, where we will discuss some of the biggest blunders in our country’s history, as judged by two criteria. One, they had to be public blunders that were in the news, so that time I went to Higgenbotham’s lumber yard in Brady and tried to shake a can of paint myself, because everyone who worked there was busy, and I ended up breaking their paint shaking machine doesn’t count. Whew. Sorry about that, by the way.

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  Biden Unleashed Inflation, this Simple Solution Would Reduce It

  If Americans can come together across the aisle to agree on anything, it’s that the Biden administration’s agenda has been disastrous for Americans.

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  Cluck

  OPINION — Sometimes this column basically writes itself. Not literally, of course, since I still have to do all the typing, which is kind of a pain. It would be great if I opened up Microsoft Word and found an actual column already typed out, but it doesn’t work that way. For some reason.

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  Happy Easter!

  Romans 6:8-11:"The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. "

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  Trailer for Sale or Rent

  OPINION — Imagine you’ve had a long day at work, eaten supper, and you’ve decided to spend some quality time relaxing in your hot tub with your spousal unit. You head out to the backyard, sink down into the warm water, and start to unwind. And then a mountain lion grabs you by the head and tries to drag you out of the tub in a rude, hostile manner. For supper.

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  NPS

  OPINION — ‘Did you know if you hold an ermine up to your ear, you can hear what it’s like to be attacked by an ermine?’

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  TIRZ Board Chair Says City Council is Wrong

  I was disappointed to see the San Angelo City Council reject the application of Gethsemane Baptist Church for a TIRZ grant.

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  In Defense of a good man - Congressman Tony Gonzales

  OPINION — Reading about the Texas GOP’s censure of U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales hurts me, deeply. We can learn a lot from his independent streak and perspective of fairness which at times runs afoul of extreme Texas GOP party doctrine.

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  Higher Burning

  ‘I was educated once. It took me years to get over it.’ ~ Mark Twain

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  Euell Love It

  OPINION — Robert Duvall played the character of Boss Spearman in ‘Open Range.’ When he caught his young hand, Button, cheating during a friendly poker game, he told him, ‘A man’s trust is a valuable thing, Button. You don’t want to lose it for a handful of cards.’

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