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“It may have been awhile for some of you, so here’s some reminders,” the video at the theatre the other night stated. “This is not Prime Video. You’re in a movie theatre, you’re in public.”

East Texas is hot, and not in the way you compliment your wife when she’s mad at you for performing an epic cannonball while she’s lounging by the pool with her laptop.

My wife and I have had several “conversations” about the condition of the desktop in my home office. I probably should clarify this last sentence by saying that my wife and I had several conversations about my desktop.

I’m sure many of you are very familiar with the cliché Hollywood sports movie. The movie is almost always about a team that, for lack of a better term, sucks in the first act.

I’m a lucky American. Thanks to my wife Colleen’s job as a travel agent, in the last two weeks I’ve been to Europe and back.

President Biden’s eagerness to welcome millions of global illegal migrants is unlimited.

Our state legislators continue to fail to protect our water in our aquifers and rivers.

The Daily Courier recently published an article, followed by an opinion column from the Republican Women of Prescott, that shed light on the challenges facing teens and the differences in adults’ opinions on how best to support their well-being and growth.

In an ideal world, the landmark compromise on climate change, Medicare, and energy spending that Senate Democrats announced at the end of last week would barely require a second glance.

Did you vote? Seriously, mail-in ballot, early voting or at the polls? The people I have spoken with about politics since Primary Election Day, Aug. 2, say either they did vote or, no, they don’t believe in it (the system is broken).

Want to pay no federal income tax? Move to Puerto Rico.

Have you ever heard someone’s voice and, for some inexplicable reason, it’s so soothing and comforting that it makes you feel right at home? Well, that was Vin Scully’s voice for us Dodger fans, Angelenos and essentially, all baseball fans.

For some years, I’ve been content to ease gently into my elder years.

This is in response to the July 26 Courier article, “PUSD, Republican Women of Prescott at odds over alliance with The Launch Pad Teen Center.”

According to the National Gardening Association, the number of households growing their own vegetables, fruit and other foods has tripled since 2008.

I was dallying in my he-cave the other night pondering the vagaries of life when the topic of scrapbooks came to mind. Most of us began our association with scrapbooks at an early age.

Lots of perplexed Americans are asking the question, “How did we get here?”

The saga of Emmett Till has once again returned to the public sphere.

On July 8, the City of Prescott learned that recent test results found the presence of man-made chemicals called perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in two of its water production wells located in the airport area.

We knew we were on borrowed time. There’s an unwritten agreement when you take a dog into your home, someday they will break your heart. If you’re lucky, like we were, you’ll get almost 14 years of joy as part of the deal.