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Cotton Road — A Photo Essay
Part of an ongoing series that I have dubbed “Cotton Road,” a journey into my past and a peak at the lives that preceded mine. The Farm It is amazing how things have changed in sixty years. This is “Star … Continue reading
Cotton Road
In 2004, my grandmother, Bessie Barron Mercer passed away. She was the epitome of “diamond in the rough.” She was a tough, poverty-stricken, loving mother who spent most of her life improvising care and comfort for others. Yet, as … Continue reading
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My Mother’s Obituary
Gloria E. Niewoehner, affectionately known as “Tommie”, left this mortal world to be with her Lord on June 25, 2014 at the age of 87. Born January 25, 1927 in Wardell, Missouri to William W. and Bessie Mercer, she would … Continue reading
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So Now You Still Think a National Sales Tax is a Bad Idea?
In 2002 one the largest accounting firms in the United States was Arthur Andersen. Today, it evidently inhabits a conference center in St. Charles, Illinois. Web searches produce an archived web page and it listed as being in New Delhi, … Continue reading
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If Only We Could Vote with Our Feet — The Toy Gun
Once again something that three adults in a room could figure out in a ten minute conversation has catapulted into a lawsuit. Once again the taxpayers of a school district are going to actually consider defending a bunch of bumpkins … Continue reading
If Only We Could Vote with our Feet
Would you prefer to have your tax dollars go to where people are free to choose, or be directed where people are more tightly controlled? Todd Starnes has recently posted a controversy brewing in Phillipsburg, NJ (see below). The local … Continue reading
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A Solution to the Hobby Lobby Problem?
Recently a rather humble, obscure family-run business has been launched into the nation’s headlines by refusing to comply with the federal mandate that owners must violate their religious values, their faith and their conscience by requiring that they provide health … Continue reading
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What’s “fair” when paying a Congressman.
I put this idea out as a basis for discussion — this is no definitive solution. Have fun. With the recent wrangle over Congressional pay a great deal of discussion has gone about regarding what is fair. It is indeed … Continue reading
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Foreign Policy On a Budget
What does foreign policy look like when we no longer have the option of increased indebtedness? In most respects I am the polar opposite of the policies that President Obama and his fellow Democrats advance. At some point we are … Continue reading
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The Cost of Being Particular
I paid two different medical bills this weekend. One was for $57 and the other for $181. Both were for a routine visit to a doctor. The low figure was for a family practice in southern Georgia. The high … Continue reading
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