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Mon, 06/24/2013 - 23:51
What I wanted to do was prove that with just three to four hours prep on a Sunday afternoon, while I let the weeds in the flower beds to grow and tended to myself instead, I could REALLY have nearly a workweek's worth of healthy meals.
Mon, 06/24/2013 - 20:23
Frank Daniels III: Judicial Nominating Commission rushes to do its questionable bidding on selecting those who will judge us.
Mon, 06/24/2013 - 20:04
he Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released a report on domestic violence last week, and its numbers are sobering. More than 80,000 domestic violence offenses were reported to the Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System in 2012.
Sat, 06/22/2013 - 12:46
A friend stopped me last week to tell me that he had come up with a new slogan for Clarksville: '
Fri, 06/21/2013 - 23:44
I've got seasonal depression. You know how some people need to sit in front of sunlamps to get through the winter months? Well, my depression arrives with the 90 degree days.
Fri, 06/21/2013 - 19:04
For people (like me) who worry that the U.S. government is becoming dysfunctional, it's worth studying the subtle and largely hidden effects of sequestration on the U.S. military and other agencies.
Fri, 06/21/2013 - 19:02
Neighborly thank yous appear weekly in this space. To offer a brief note of appreciation, e-mail letters@theleafchronicle.com. Or, write to Tip of the Hat, The Leaf-Chronicle, 200 Commerce St., Clarksville, TN 37040.
Fri, 06/21/2013 - 15:44
Where did the panic over mad cow disease go? Off the front pages, for sure. A few years ago, respected journalists warned of a looming public health disaster as Americans consumed deadly hamburgers.
Fri, 06/21/2013 - 15:17
What the heck is wrong with Mexico?
Thu, 06/20/2013 - 02:44
All men are by nature equal,
Thu, 06/20/2013 - 02:44
Critics are correct when they argue that President Obama doesn't have a strategy for military victory in Syria.
Wed, 06/19/2013 - 21:02
It is easy for Americans to congratulate ourselves over how far we have come since the Jim Crow days of segregation and other examples of racial and religious prejudice.
Wed, 06/19/2013 - 20:48
Gaming is rarely a relaxing experience for me these days. When I'm guiding my character through firefights and zombie hordes, it can get intense, and even though it's a good intensity, sometimes I just want to play a relaxing game.
Wed, 06/19/2013 - 18:44
The voices of Lucian Greene, a college student, and his father, Donald Greene, weave together like the warbling of two songbirds.
Mon, 06/17/2013 - 19:24
The Bradley Foundation, a private, independent grant-making organization based in Milwaukee, recently handed out its annual Bradley Prize to four men who have, in the words of the organization's mission statement, '(preserved and defended) the tradition o
Mon, 06/17/2013 - 19:03
In Syria, the Obama administration seems to be stumbling back to the future: An old-fashioned proxy war, complete with the usual shadowy CIA arms-running operation, the traditional plan to prop up ostensible 'moderates' whose prospects are doubtful and, o
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