March 18, 2010 RSS feed / Columns

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On the Edge of Common Sense

ONE MORE FOR THE TOURISTS
By Baxter Black, D.V.M.
Moira and Clive, British tourists, had taken in the Arkansas attractions of Eureka Springs, the Chuck Wagon races in Clinton, the sale barn in Green Forest, and now found themselves in Ft. More...

Writer’s Roost

Phony faith healers stole from old folks
by Willis Webb

Faith healing and its history quickly came to mind with last December’s news of the death of Oral Roberts, the legendary minister whose early beginnings were tied to radio broadcasts and to claims of healing by faith, generally spoken of then More...

Senior Moments

with Kathy Earley

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Have you had your colonoscopy? A person should have their first colonoscopy by the age of 50 (or earlier if there is a family history). More...

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Man hanged after death

Historian recounts . . .
By Bob Bowman

George Hughes of Sherman may have been the only man in East Texas to be lynched while he was dead. Hughes was working on a farm near Sherman in May of 1930 when he went to the farm to collect his wages. More...

Texas Perimeter Hike

by S. Matt Read
by Smatt

“I was born upon the prairie, where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures and where everything drew a free breath.” - Ten Bears of the Yamparika Comanches More...

Before I Get “Seniler”

by Bill Whitson

Daylight Savings Time His wife said, “We heard a good sermon this morning.” The sleepy husband replied, “Amen, it was all about sin.” It Ain’t Nothing New More...