Category: General Commentary

Opinions, Commentaries and Editorials by Wayne Engle

Who killed those eight people?

The news media in the U.S. nowadays is fascinated by murder cases in which several people are found dead — especially if it’s in their own home — with some question as to who the murderer might be. The first…

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They witnessed a miracle!

“Wonder who those people are that are going into the little out-building over there?” asked Luther, young son of a farmer near Bethlehem. “They look like people from somewhere else.” Bradford, his friend helping him round up their fathers’ sheep…

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Save our country! Vote GOP!

Does the number “1984” mean anything to you, my friends? Oh, you might say, “Why, that was the year I was born!” Or, “That’s the year my mom passed away! Sob! …” Or, “That’s when President Ronald Reagan won re-election,…

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George Fruits: The first REAL last veteran

Identifying the last surviving veteran of each of America’s numerous wars, starting with the American Revolution, has long been a fascinating chore for our historians, veterans’ organizations, and, most important, for the descendants of those men who served their country.…

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We must stop this war — NOW!

Ukraine is currently in a heckuva mess. Oh, I forgot — you all knew that before, didn’t you? Vladimir Putin did what many believed he wouldn’t actually dare to do, and sent his more than 150,000 Russian Army troops across…

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White slaves? Yes, they were here!

“All the slaves in U.S. history were black! They built this entire country, while suffering under the burden of slavery! All you White people had it easy compared to these poor, put-upon African-Americans! And it was all your fault!” And…

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Three American wise men

Who do you think were the three most intelligent Americans of all time? No! Please don’t mention me! I’m trying to keep it a secret! A little levity to start a column that’s partly very serious. Anyway, there were three…

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Derek Chauvin was railroaded!

Now that the mainstream media, the left-wing Democrats, the street blacks, and a bunch of other people have managed to get Derek Chauvin convicted on all three “murder” charges he was facing up in Minneapolis, and he has been locked…

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Don’t White lives matter, too?

So we’ve lost another towering, irreplaceable entertainer, as the news media has been telling us for the past two or three days. Who was it? Why, Little Richard, of course! Many younger people will be saying, “Who?” He hadn’t exactly…

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Christmas at Lanier

The Lanier Mansion — a sweeping, majestic memorial to Hoosier multi-millionaire James F.D. Lanier, who, back in the 19th Century, rescued the Indiana state government from an inability to continue funding its support of the federal government in its participation…

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My long-awaited novel is here!

I told you, my faithful readers, some time ago that I was working on getting a book that I’d written years ago, published. Well, it’s finally in print! “Whizzer Wins It All” went up on Amazon.com Monday, while it became…

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Huge mistake, 400 years ago

This is a big, important anniversary for the United States of America, my friends. Bet you don’t know what it is, either. OK, here we go: On this day, August 20, 1619 — 400 years ago today — the first…

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Hoosiers in Hollywood …

Indiana is an odd state. South Bend is in the north; North Vernon is in the south; and French Lick doesn’t mean what you think it does! Now that I’ve got your attention, I’ll add that yes, in some ways,…

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Madison Courier, we still need you!

The Madison Courier has been here with us in southeastern Indiana for 182 years. Supposedly, it has never missed an edition. But, has it started to go down for the third time? Newspapers, like humans, often have lifespans. They’re born,…

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Christmas is the greatest holiday!

CHRISTMAS! It’s coming, folks! As if you didn’t know that, of course. No holiday in world history has been so publicized, so widely observed, so full of divine meaning, warmth and a kindness that gushes out of people at the Yuletide…

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Tony Joe, we’ll miss you so …

Tony Joe White, the “Swamp Fox,” and one of the most unique musicians in American history, died quietly and unexpectedly last Wednesday, at his home in Tennessee, apparently with family members present. I think it’s the way he would have…

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