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A church was in need of a preacher. One of the elders was interested in fi nding out just what kind of minister the church wanted. In order to do this he composed a letter as though it had been received from an applicant and read it to the pulpit committee: “Gentlemen:
Read moreWhen speaking of democracy versus despotism, of course, I would say, “I choose Democracy.” After all, we all know democracy satisfi es best the human thirst for freedom. And isn’t freedom what we all seek? Yet, democracy being undisciplined, turbulent and luxury seeking, it fails time and time again when it faces austere, single-minded despotism. Despotism, in case you forget what that is the exercise of absolute power in a cruel and oppressive way.
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Some of us have time during when “…there’s nothing to do.” Maybe this little group of suggested activities might help fill the idle spaces.
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One of the more popular expressions knocked around by people in my age group (OLD!!) is “used to be.”
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One of the most interesting stories I have read in a long time has to do with the “little blue pill.”
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By John Bill Martin Staff Writer johnbillmartin44@gmail.com
Read moreWe dodged a big bullet last week. Our cold spell and near zero temperatures were mixed with days of high painful winds. But the real deep snow stayed away. Even as it was, we got several inches of the freezing mist, sleet and snow. But it was nothing like the series of ice storms and blizzards we suffered back in the 1970s. Made me remember one of the City of Allen’s faithful employees Les Rinehart. Or was it his twin brother Wes? But during one of these long-ago snowstorms, I remember him keeping the town grader in motion and going during our worse storm never letting our main streets get shut down by the drifts. I still appreciate this guy and all his hard work for the town of Allen.
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She was born into slavery and “given” as a wedding gift to a Mormon couple in Mississippi named Robert and Rebecca Smith. In 1847 at age 32, Biddy Mason was forced to walk from Mississippi to Utah tending to the cattle behind her master’s 300-wagon caravan. She “walked” from Mississippi to Utah. That’s 1, 618.9 miles!
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