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RickWorld Recommends or what we read in August 2026
Calling all Book Lovers! We are back with our recommended reads for the month of August. It’s hard to believe another summer is almost over. As always, if you have a book to recommend, send the title, author’s name and short summary to the editor to include it in next month’s reading list! […]
Farm and Food File: If you want change, you’re in the right place
by Alan Guebertfarmandfoodfile.com If you are one of the millions of Americans who pollsters say “voted for change” last November, boy, are you getting it now. As of this spring, for example, illegal border crossings in the western U.S., according to CBS News, have “plunged to a level not seen in at least 25 […]
Jim Hightower – America’s #1 Populist: Trump Backs Rip-off Credit Card Fees. Making America Great Again?
by Jim Hightowerjimhightower.com Top officials of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau erupted in cheers this month. How odd. The cheers were for a federal court that had just ruled in favor of letting big banks gouge us with exorbitant feeds when we’re late making a credit card payment. Bizarrely, agency officials joined jubilant bank […]
Cal Thomas: Take out Iran’s nuclear facilities now
by Cal ThomasCalThomas.com Before basketball’s 24-second rule, there was a tactic called freezing the ball. The team that was ahead would attempt to run out the clock by holding onto the ball as long as it could to deny the opposing team an opportunity to score. That looks like what Iran is […]
Bits & Pieces: Gluten Free
by Paula Johnson When Arnie Schten started his match-making between Curt and me, one of the things he told me was, “Curt reads.” He added that his topic is usually farming: methods, crop enhancement, etc. However, Arn knew that reading, whether for pleasure or improvement, was important to me. Well over a decade ago, […]
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories: Spring of the Year
by John Mooy Spring has sprung the grass has rid I wonder where the birdies is. They say the birdies on the wing, but that’s absurd. I always thought the wing was on the bird. And on this beautiful Saturday morning a warm breeze blows across this part of Michigan. And as I’ve […]
News from Marcellus TWP Wood Memorial Library for the week of April 28, 2025
“Art and music shine a light of meaning on ordinary life, and through them we are able to confront the things that trouble us and to find consolation and peace in their presence.” -Roger Scrutn. Check out these new titles at the library that will help you lean into the power of creative works: […]
EarthTalk®
Gaza and other areas affected by the Israel-Hamas War lie in ruins as the fighting continues. Credit: Pexels.com. From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: What kind of environmental toll has the Israel-Hamas War taken on Gaza and other embattled zones in the region? — L.M. Ross, Summit, NJ Although Palestine is a relatively […]
Contemplation Corner: “The task of the modern educator . . . “
“The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.” (1) – C.S. Lewis (The Abolition of Man) by Pastor Donnie BrooksMarcellus United Methodist Church C.S. Lewis wrote what should truthfully call “Christian” fiction and non-fiction from the late 1930s until his death in late 1963. He […]
