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• Not born on the bayou, but staying for good

  Tue Mar 29, 2011
  • I have lived in a community that is majority Mennonite for a number of years. The Mennonite churches are many times the first to offer aid in local situations too.

• Political columnist David S. Broder dies

  Wed Mar 9, 2011
  • What a loss.

• Sheen demands 50 percent raise for ‘Two and a Half Men’

  Mon Feb 28, 2011
  • Ah, the arrogance of addiction!

• Farewell to WWII hero Maj. Dick Winters, central character in 'Band of Brothers'

  Mon Jan 10, 2011
  • May Major Winters rest in peace. May we never forget the bravery and sacrifice of Major Winters and so many others. My deepest condolences to his family.

• Nation of whiners: We want everyone to feel our pain

  Tue Dec 7, 2010
  • Gee, complaining about those who complain - is that really a good thing? With friends undergoing chemo and radiation, I hope I know what's important - being there for them - and what's not: my own aches and pains and temporary "woe is me" moments.

• Keith Olbermann suspended over political donations

  Fri Nov 5, 2010
  • Policy is policy and Keith is an intelligent person. Definite lack of forethought, perhaps? It does bring to mind a few points of interest.

• For first-time bride, 85, love is better late than never

  Tue Sep 28, 2010
  • What a wonderful story. Wishing many happy years together to both of them!

• U.K. prime minister's PR guru reportedly linked to royals' phone hacking

  Thu Sep 2, 2010
  • Have to ask - any relation to Chuck Coulson of infamous Nixon staff? Must be a genetic disorder. . .

• Cancer journal: A happy birthday despite grim news

  Thu Aug 19, 2010
  • Mike, Like so many others, I have enjoyed "knowing" you through your work for a long time now. You have given us insight, humor and information that have made us think, laugh and wonder. Today you have made us weep.

• Michelle Duggar: I would have a 20th child

  Tue Aug 3, 2010
  • Agreed that children are a gift from God; however, there are so many children already here whose lives would change so much if they were adopted! What a shame that a family so focused on children doesn't see that and adopt (of course, the state would have a limit to the number of adoptees. . .).