Bob McCarty Writes

Burgess Meredith, the late actor who played “The Penguin” in the original “Batman” television series, plays the role of a conservative Christian branded as “The Obsolete Man” in a same-name episode of The Twilight Zone television series I watched on the SciFi Channel this afternoon.  While watching the classic episode, which aired for the first [...]

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I happened across a great article on the public education system today. It comes from South Carolina and begins this way:
The State Newspaper ran an article on Monday with the heart-wrenching title: Teachers take 2nd jobs to help make ends meet. The story primarily focuses on one young teacher (she works at the restaurant [...]

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It’s a rare occasion when I find myself even partially in agreement with Jesse Jackson. Today, however, is one of those occasions. It came to my attention after South Carolina’s largest newspaper, The State, published an article today which begins this way:
The Rev. Jesse Jackson called Tuesday on Democrats seeking the 2008 nomination [...]

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