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I want to race with horses

Jeremiah 12:5 NIV reads, “If you have raced with men on foot, and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in safe country, how will you manage in the thickets by the Jordan (River)? Here is what this means: If you can’t handle that, (men) how can you handle ...

For starters, find something great

It may be impossible to determine if a book is good, bad, or indifferent by its cover, but the title is frequently a dead give away. Thank goodness, “The High-Bouncing Lover” became “The Great Gatsby.”What if “War And Peace” were sold under its original title, “War: What Is It ...

Our Bigfoot-prints on social media

From the moment many of us leave the womb, images of our infant selves get posted on Facebook and other social media. Once out and about, they become part of our permanent digital footprint, often soon to be joined by photos at every stage of life – crawling, first steps, puppy hugging, first ...

Why not Jerry West for the Senate?

In olden days, when college football was confined to four New YearĢƵ Day bowl games and the NCAA Final Four was played far from the glare of national TV (hard to believe, right?), two presidential wannabes roamed the Mountain State in search of votes ... and Jerry West.Jerry West, basketball ...

Remember your first love

So much has been written about first love. Romance novels, movies, and poetic literature have depictions of oneĢƵ first serious romantic relationships. Or the idea that the one you are to be with the most should be at the top of the amorous feelings and consequently called, “first love.” ...

The battle for Joe Manchin’s vote

Joe Manchin may be enjoying the limelight as the chief Democratic holdout on the Biden administrationĢƵ trillion-dollar-plus Build Back Better legislation. ItĢƵ been variously reported that Manchin, the linchpin vote in a 50-50 Senate, loves the attention heĢƵ getting, even as he barks at ...