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Opinions November 6, 2008  RSS feed
Put contract where the value is
      It is an established fact that money spent in a community such as ours circulates about seven times before it leaves. Given that fact and the small size of our community, chances are that money spent locally is going to come back to benefit the spender in some way, perhaps many ways.
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Worshipping together
      I know times have changed and some of the changes are good and positive, but when folks begin to rule out all the old ways, then something's wrong. When I was coming up we were divided out for Sunday School and other youth activities, but on Sunday morning, Sunday night, and Wednesday night, we all worshiped together.
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Book Review
The Bible Salesman By CLYDE EDGERTON
      Author of Walking Across Egypt and Lunch at the Piccadilly, Clyde Edgerton is once again offering humor and food for thought in a novel set in the South. Henry Dampier is the Bibler salesman.
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Vox Pop
      A report in the latest issue of Reader's Digest shows that the rest of the world heavily favors Barack Obama as the next president of the United States. Why do you think the rest of the world favors Obama?
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Baptists, it's said, have a history of sneaky drinking but if they aren't driving, I say let them have their fun
      Growing up in the era of religious taboos—don't do this, don't do that—I can remember that strong drink got the most critical castigation, even though it was obvious that few were practicing what they were preaching.
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This election has brought new young voters to bear burden of leading nation - and we hope they're right
      No matter how you feel about the results of this week's presidential election, the election's big story may be the transformation of formerly disinterested parts of the population - by which I mean young people - into active, passionate campaigners and enthusiastic voters.
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