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Rain, rain, rain records

鈥淪unshine, blue skies 鈥 please go away. My girl has found another and gone away.鈥滻 first heard those words in 1967, when those Motown legends 鈥 The Temptations 鈥 convinced a record-buying public that they 鈥淲ish(ed) it would rain.鈥漈o understand The Temptations' dilemma, you had to ...

Did you know Superman is black?

BREAKING NEWS!After extensive forensic investigations, officials at Ancestry.com have determined that Superman, aka 鈥淭he Man of Steel,鈥 is an African American.According to Ancestry, the man who鈥檚 鈥渇aster than a speeding bullet鈥 and who 鈥渃an leap tall buildings in a single bound,鈥 ...

Hold boys back to move them ahead

Every spring I read the stories in this newspaper about high school graduation classes; these stories trumpet the academic achievements of the very top students 鈥 the valedictorians and the salutatorians.The stories are interesting in at least two aspects. First off, I鈥檓 eager to see where ...

Attorneys, attorneys everywhere

I鈥檓 making an admission: I keep a close watch on all things Trump, but I鈥檓 forever confused about which legal case is in the news on any given day.There are just so many of them.Last week, it was reported that 40 subpoenas were issued in the criminal investigation involving the Jan. 6 ...

Doug Mastriano: religion and politics

A man is entitled to worship as he pleases. What Doug Mastriano does to get right with the Lord is his business. Individual religious preferences are sacrosanct. It鈥檚 in the Constitution.But it鈥檚 fair to make a judgment when a man 鈥 in this case, Mastriano 鈥 drags those preferences into ...

Be careful what you ask for

When I moved from California to Wichita, Kan., in the late 1980s, I was frequently reminded that the move would give me 鈥渃ulture shock.鈥滻 tried to ignore folks when they insisted I'd have difficulty slowing down to the pace of native Wichitans.I felt I鈥檇 adapted fairly well. But the one ...