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Free market Sherman tanks will outflank clumsy Tigers of Gig city

A wrecked Sherman tank, left, sits next to a knocked out Tiger tank south of Florence, Italy, in 1944. The Tiger was much more powerful than the American Sherman, but the Germans didn’t make enough of them. By Richard Franklin In grade school we were taught that the “New Deal” and the public works programs […]

As Gibson lowers lips to kiss hoof, Uncle, in show of grace, lifts it

These instruments are made by Gibson Guitars in Nashville, a private company that recently opened a plant in Memphis. (Gibson.com) By David Tulis I snapped up the CD edition of Gulliver’s Travels after my 9-year-old had enjoyed it and have been howling at the satire so acidly penned by Jonathan Swift, whose look at 18th […]

Search for toxicity cure leads to Kangen water tap at area eatery

Jack Goodlet, who owns Park Place restaurant in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., pours two gallons of gratis Kangen water for David Tulis. Nearby is Robin Cooley. A search for relief for a son with breathing problems took me to a restaurant in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., that serves alkaline water — a valuable antidote to acidity in […]

Goats help family pour sweet milk into small farm, soaps sold online

Holding baby Elizabeth, Becky Ensinger prepares to sit down to milk a goat as her husband, Bill, shuffles buckets. By David Tulis Becky Ensinger’s soaps grace our shower stall dish and emit a pleasant, healthful fragrance. The couple supplies families at my church with eggs, though they won’t take a cash payment to avoid commerce […]

Enslaved in secret, man finds liberty, open life in Christian conversion

Steve Centafont, center, chats with, left, Jeremy Roberts, minister of Highland Park Baptist Church, and Chuck Patrick, a pastor at Silverdale Baptist, at a CBMC meeting. By David Tulis At family worship we have been following our church reading schedule in the book of Judges that tells how for just over 300 years God ruled […]

The nobility of dissent; we say no to status quo, urge alternative

I am thinking today about the 193-page court opinion on Obamacare — National Federation of Independent Business vs. Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services — and how to avoid adding to the cloud of commentary that many worthies have offered. But before I can take the hours to read it, I give a […]