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Skin, gowns and resolutions | Mark’s Remarks
Warning: the mental pictures created in this column may be disturbing to some. Viewer discretion is advised. If you are like me, you start to dread certain annual things. I’m…
Thankful for the tail end | Mark’s Remarks
I really grew up on the tail end of things. I mean, I seemed to be at the end of an “age” and the beginning of another at times. I’m…
‘The Fablemans’ | Movie Review
Any fan of Steven Spielberg will agree that no movie genre can serve as a storehouse for his films. Indeed, his most well-known blockbusters run the gamut of themes, topics,…
A path to reduce abortion | Ott Observations
A friend of mine recently asked me why I was for abortion. I told him I wasn’t. He got a puzzled look and said that was what I said in…
Identifying | Mark’s Remarks
It never ceases to amaze me how the rumor mill works in our small communities. In my opinion, people don’t have enough to do. Or, talking about others and discussing…
R-T editor’s band releases new album
“No Sooner Than the Moon” is the title of the third official release by St. Louis area band The Trophy Mules. An all-ages album release show to celebrate this long-awaited…
The power of fear | Mark’s Remarks
You’ve heard the Franklin Delano Roosevelt quote over and over. “We have nothing to fear, but fear itself.” We hear it and say “Yeah, yeah. Heard it before.” But…
‘The Man Who Came to Dinner’ | Play Review
By Samuel Muren Edited by Mary Adams I stepped out of my usual world of entertainment and into a new one. To clarify, I am not a man of the…
Noticing progress (and those opposed to it) | Ott Observations
I spent the past few weeks on a vacation, driving to the east coast and back. There were road construction delays on virtually every highway I traveled. Rather than…
Spooky stories again | Mark’s Remarks
I think I have shared, over the years a bunch of personal and passed-down stories that serve to raise the hairs on the back of the neck. The stories I…