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Walker: Snips and snails, but no puppy dog tails
Published 5/19/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 0 comments
Bugs. We got 'em.
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Walker: Today is Election Day, not to be confused with Election Day
Published 5/12/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 0 comments
Today is Election Day. Actually, it's the first of two election days that fall close on the heels of each other.
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Walker: Just blame it on the moon
Published 5/5/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 0 comments
As the old television host Ed Sullivan might have said, "A really big shew" is tonight.
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Walker: Texas' huge snub by NASA
Published 4/28/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 2 comments
I got a case of Déjà Vu Friday.
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Walker: Where no man has gone before
Published 4/21/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 0 comments
Remember Geordi from "Star Trek: The Next Generation?" The character portrayed by LeVar Burton was blind from birth, but wore a special visor that replicated sight.
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Walker: A day in the life of an otherwise obscure man
Published 4/14/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 0 comments
This is the story of a man of humble beginnings and a humble end who had one remarkable moment in his life — Albert Horswill.
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Walker: Blowing things out of proportion
Published 4/7/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 3 comments
It struck me Tuesday how life in what we call the 24-hour news cycle has become a life of hyperbole.
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Walker: Going public: Census of the Great Depression
Published 3/31/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 0 comments
Monday is a date eagerly anticipated by genealogists and other researchers. It's like a Christmas that comes just once every 10 years.
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Walker: Welcome to the age of digital movies
Published 3/24/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 0 comments
We will reach a milestone this year in the way we watch movies, according to results of a research project.
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Walker: Get thee scary day behind me
Published 3/17/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 0 comments
Having arrived at March 17, we can say we have once again escaped the Ides of March.
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Walker: Inquiring minds want to know everything they can
Published 3/3/2012 at 12:17 a.m. 0 comments
The Gallup Organization, which has been doing public opinion polling since Moses was curious about who wanted to get on the Ark, has released its annual state of well-being study.
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Walker: Refrigerator theft a cold case solved
Published 2/25/2012 at 12:03 a.m. 0 comments
My favorite news story of the week came out of Deer Park, Texas, where police caught a thief.
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Walker: The final frontier out of reach — for now
Published 2/18/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 0 comments
It hardly seems possible that in a few days we will mark the 50th anniversary of manned space flight in this county.
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Walker: Mystery shrouds romantic saint
Published 2/11/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 0 comments
So who is this character who has all the guys scrambling around buying flowers and candy and cards — this Saint Valentine?
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Walker: Donkey breed is victim of bad PR
Published 2/4/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 2 comments
Seeing the story today on the front page about the problem of stray donkeys reminded me how woefully ignorant I am of some of God's creatures — and I suspect I'm not the only city boy to be oblivious to ...
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