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‘Ol’ Gene’ chased, caught, his personal rainbow

by Wayne Engle • July 15, 2015 • 1 Comment

He was first “The Oklahoma Yodeling Cowboy;” then simply, “The Singing Cowboy.” And later, “America’s Favorite Cowboy.” And finally, just “The Cowboy.” His theme song, “Back in the Saddle Again,” was probably the best known one of any of those…

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Confederate flag and our guns: HANDS OFF!

by Wayne Engle • June 30, 2015 • 2 Comments

Now that the Charleston, South Carolina, church massacre is two weeks in the past, along with the wailing, gnashing of teeth, and making lists of what things should be “banned” because of it, let’s step back and take a calmer…

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Madison, Indiana CAN come back!

by Wayne Engle • June 15, 2015 • 2 Comments

Whither goest thou, Madison, Indiana, my hometown? You were the biggest city in Indiana in the 1850s; you were the pork-packing capital of the world.  The most-decorated American veteran of World War I was born near here, and lived here…

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News flash: Nobody’s all bad — or all good

by Wayne Engle • May 31, 2015 • 2 Comments

Anyone nowadays who knows who Ty Cobb was, knows that he was eternally angry, periodically drunk, a viciously dirty baserunner who deliberately spiked infielders at every opportunity; and — here’s the REALLY REVOLTING part: He was a “racist”! Oh, horrors!…

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Michelle Obama flaunts her anger, resentment

by Wayne Engle • May 15, 2015 • 3 Comments

Michelle Obama, the nation’s First Lady, who by that fact should be the most respected woman in America, has given us yet another reason why she is viewed by many of us as just another angry, resentful, loud-mouthed black woman.…

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Five great friends who have ‘Gone Home’

by Wayne Engle • April 30, 2015 • 1 Comment

The other day I heard an old gospel song that was totally new to me. It was called “Gone Home.” It got my mind and memory to working — because it’s about those we loved and cherished, who have died…

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Hey, you haters! Lay off us Hoosiers!

by Wayne Engle • April 10, 2015 • 4 Comments

OK, all you Hoosier haters out there! No, I don’t mean US Hoosiers, who have been the target of unlimited, unfair and vicious attacks over the Religious Freedom Restoration Act which kicked up a major kerfuffle on the political Left.…

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Anonymous attacks sully a good website

by Wayne Engle • March 17, 2015 • 6 Comments

Did ye ever hear the one about the Irishman, Paddy, who was taking an ocean cruise, be dad? While they was down in the South Pacific, the ship sprung a big leak and sank, with the passengers pilin’ into the…

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Netanyahu speaks sense to America about Iran

by Wayne Engle • March 5, 2015 • 1 Comment

Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of the State of Israel, received the welcome of a conquering hero when he addressed the U.S. Congress Tuesday. And, in my opinion, he richly deserved it. Netanyahu spoke to a packed House chamber, and the…

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Stan and Ollie: Our comics, and our friends

by Wayne Engle • February 18, 2015 • 3 Comments

The fat guy and the thin guy. “The boys.” Stan and Ollie. L & H. They were tagged with a number of nicknames over the years, were Arthur Stanley Jefferson and Norvell Hardy, their original names. But those still living…

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Politicians are faking on the tax, deficit issues

by Wayne Engle • January 24, 2015 • 2 Comments

Everybody who likes paying taxes, yell, “Two bits, four bits, six bits a dollar, all for big government, stand up and holler!” That’s funny; I don’t hear anybody. OK, we’re all pretty much agreed: Nobody likes having to cough up…

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Muslim terrorists understand one thing: Force

by Wayne Engle • January 8, 2015 • 8 Comments

Another Muslim massacre, another round of “expressions of outrage” about the latest raghead murders, these of (unarmed) journalists who had had the unforgivable gall to poke fun at the Muslims’ humorless and rigid views about their prophet Mohammed, and their…

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Christmas is sacred, mystical and merry

by Wayne Engle • December 15, 2014 • 9 Comments

Christmas is coming! Less than two weeks away, and the usual hustle, bustle, and turmoil is hard upon us! What would we do; what would the WORLD do, without Christmas? It’s the piece de resistance of all holidays, the best…

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Ginning up another helping of ‘outrage’

by Wayne Engle • December 8, 2014 • 1 Comment

Well, I presume all the young American leftists are puffed up and proud of themselves, now that  for the umpteenth time in the last 50 years they’ve marched, chanted, “died in” (we could only hope, couldn’t we?) over the decisions…

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Let’s give thanks for the world’s many blessings

by Wayne Engle • November 23, 2014 • 1 Comment

Thanksgiving is approaching — and the turkeys are nervous! Sorry. I just couldn’t resist that. Sort of grabbed your attention, didn’t it? Wonder what the turkeys are feeling thankful for right now? OK; I’ll get serious. Because after all, Thanksgiving IS…

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Some tales from the Halloweens ‘of yore’

by Wayne Engle • October 26, 2014 • 1 Comment

When ghosts and goblins by the score, Ring the bell on your front door — And your little white house, turns GREEN! — From gheelies and ghosties, And long-legged beasties, And things that go “Bump” in the night, Deliver us,…

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Have we forgotten “The Hoosier Poet”?

by Wayne Engle • October 13, 2014 • 1 Comment

He was as well known as almost any American of his day. From the early 1880s, until his death in 1916, he was a much-sought public speaker, reading his poetry before many thousands of what would be called “fans” nowadays.…

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Hey, gang! Let’s have a (multi-) party!

by Wayne Engle • September 22, 2014 • 1 Comment

“I wish we could throw them all out and start over!” How many times in recent months have you said that yourself? Or heard your neighbor say it? Or your brother-in-law? Or a commentator on TV? Yes, our disgust with…

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Louisiana: It’s a unique and varied state

by Wayne Engle • September 12, 2014 • 2 Comments

Here’s a riddle for you: When is a county, NOT a county? When it’s in Louisiana, of course! In the home of New Orleans jazz, jambalaya and the Cajun people, they’re called “parishes” —- possibly traceable to the state’s deep…

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The racial spin doctors are busy in Ferguson

by Wayne Engle • August 24, 2014 • 3 Comments

It’s now two weeks since Michael Brown, all 6-4 and 292 pounds of him, was shot and killed by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, and the race hustlers are still milking the incident for all it’s worth. Protests, riots,…

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Old Corporal is staying a Hoosier

by Wayne Engle • August 10, 2014 • 4 Comments

“A funny thing happened on my way to Florida …” “I just flew back from Melbourne, and boy, are my arms tired! …” “Look before you leap — especially if the leap will cost you a heap! …” OK, all…

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Time for Congress to impeach Barack Obama

by Wayne Engle • June 25, 2014 • 5 Comments

President of the United States Barack Hussein Obama should be impeached by the House of Representatives, convicted by the United States Senate, and removed from office. Pretty bald statement, you say? Well, can you give me any good reasons why…

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