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MLK: He Lived and Died for Justice

Larry Buford (Contributing Writer)January 13, 2016

This is the 48th year since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was assassinated during the tumultuous 1960s. He lived for justice and died for justice. In his 1963 “I Have A Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial, he said in part: “e’ve come here today to dramatize a shameful condition. In a sense we’ve come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir…It is obvious today that America

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Is Santa Slaying Thanksgiving?

Larry Buford (Contributing Writer)December 2, 2015

Do you hear what I hear? Yes, that was Christmas music on the radio, and Thanksgiving had scarcely been observed yet! Each year, it seems we take a little more from the Thanksgiving tradition by focusing on commercialism. This year, many retailers didn’t even wait for ‘Black Friday’ – they opened their doors on Thanksgiving night! What gives? Is Santa slaying Thanksgiving, and ‘sleighing’ turkeys (like Theo Turkey) to usher in Christmas ahead of schedule? The American Thanksgiving holiday is sandwiched between our two highest-grossing commercial holidays – Halloween being second, and Christmas first. This year in America alone, Halloween

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Words of the Week – Occupy Until I Come

Larry Buford (Contributing Writer)November 18, 2015

Many Christians are waiting for Jesus to come and work things out when He has already given us the power and wherewithal to do so ourselves. During World War II, history gives an account of occupied France; occupied Poland; occupied Greece and so on. The military sense of occupation is when one country intervenes another, either by force or by request, to neutralize, stabilize or control a given situation. In today’s world, we are seeing too many fronts of extremism that are being met with little or no resistance. You know what they are! What’s known as ‘siege warfare’ is

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Words of the Week – Had Your Fill Yet?

Larry Buford (Contributing Writer)September 2, 2015

When you’ve had your fill, you’re ready to move on. In those Western movies like Lonesome Dove, the (cattle) drovers were glad when they reached water after a long haul on the hot, dusty plain; but when they got their fill, it was time to move on. At a restaurant you may hear that old expression “I’ve had my fill” of food and drink; at an amusement park – of fun. Once you get started it seems you can never get enough, but after the fact you don’t even want to see another steak or roller coaster; and can’t imagine

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Congratulations, LGBT, but what’s your DBA!?

Larry Buford (Contributing Writer)July 2, 2015

Congratulations to the LGBT community on the Supreme Court’s 5-4 vote decision that the Constitution guarantees the right to same-sex marriage. I have accepted the fact that regardless of what the people say, judges – especially those non-elected – will pretty much do what they want. The problem I have is that there has been no discussion about differentiating the marriage of a man and a woman versus those of the same sex. I recently wrote about it in an article titled, “Marriage: Sorry that User Name is Taken,” and I’m serious about it! I am very concerned that my grandchildren