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‘The Year Without A Santa Claus’ turns 50?

As a Baby Boomer, I looked on with bemusement; but Dec. 10, 1974, was a cultural milestone for the oldest members of Generation X. That’s when ABC premiered the Rankin/Bass Productions animated Christmas special “The Year Without A Santa Claus” (a.k.a. “Scary Title, Kids, But Tell Mom and Dad That...

Why kids can’t walk alone

A story from my childhood came to mind as I read a recent ABC News report about a mother who was arrested after her son was seen walking alone to the Dollar Store a half mile away from his home.

America’s happy Thanksgiving

Do you feel it? Today America is breathing a sigh of relief because most Americans know they were just rescued from the jaws of Marxism. The relief felt today is like the relief felt by those who find freedom from a toxic relationship or from an addiction — freedom feels good because it is good!

Let the holiday cage matches begin

Since the chaos of election season has ended, and we’ve stopped receiving daily text messages asking us to contribute a few dollars to our favorite candidate’s legal expense fund or celebrity endorsement financing plan, we can turn our attention to more important matters, like gravy.

Is it normal to be thankful for these things?

I would love to revolutionize your Thanksgiving Day speeches, but I must admit that the blessings I feel gratitude for are embarrassingly mundane.

Strangers took me around the world

Strangers often sat at our Thanksgiving dinner when I was a boy, and I learned a lot from most of them. In fact, those strangers nearly changed the course of my life.

Advise and consent as important as ever

There is a great old movie, a black and white classic called “Advise and Consent.”

Is Trump an aberration or is America changing?

Listen. Put your hand to your ear. Can you hear it? (Silence). That’s the sound of the Trumpites hollering about all the election fraud. Oh, that’s alright. You see, the Republicans won. There’s only election fraud when Trump and Republicans lose.

Celebrating our great Americans

Celebrating our great Americans (November 11) When he was told he had only weeks to live, his response was telling. He was calm and at peace. At 82, he told his children, he had lived much longer than he expected. He had fought in World War II, after all — the “big one” as he called it.

‘Progressive education’ brought open warfare

The Opelousas Daily World described it as “open warfare” in 1954 after Robert Olivier, assistant principal at Washington High School, took on the education establishment over so-called “progressive education.”