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Prom shopping becomes beautiful journey

I took my daughter shopping for prom regalia. This was a first prom for both of us. On our way to Evansville, my usually reticent daughter sang every Broadway tune she'd ever heard. I told her stories from my youth, and she listened to them.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:24 AM CDT

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March 17th, 2010

Prom shopping becomes beautiful journey

I took my daughter shopping for prom regalia. This was a first prom for both of us. On our way to Evansville, my usually reticent daughter sang every Broadway tune she'd ever heard. I told her stories from my youth, and she listened to them.
March 9th, 2010

'Charlie and Jim Show' funniest sitcom

HUH, U.S.A. -- Chuckles laughingly elbowed his way through the crowd blocking the door at the Huhian Bar and Grill.
March 7th, 2010

Neighbors' cooperation needed to fight moles

The past couple of weeks, I have received several calls about mole damage in home lawns. Here are the facts:

Education reform gets a jolt of attention

People who dream about being rich do not, in general, choose education as a career. The only other job I can recall thinking about as a child was a chemist. After getting a chemistry set for Christmas one year and mixing together a few smelly bottles of nontoxic liquids, burning the bottoms of a few glass tubes and failing to make any major scientific breakthroughs, I abandoned that dream.
March 6th, 2010

Saying goodbye to a dear friend

For three decades, I've yearned to tell the world about a most remarkable, albeit perceptibly cantankerous, friend of mine.

Bible classes in public schools invite conflict

I'm not against the Bible. I'm an ordained Baptist minister, professor of biblical studies, academic dean of a theological seminary, and a lifelong student of the Bible.
 
 
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