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    "Let every fellow tell his tale about."
    - Chaucer, The Knightes Tale.
    Roger T. Moore
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    "MOORE TEXAS"
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    5-14-13
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    Bob Bowman Weekly. Syndicated in 109 newspapers
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    The Town with an Alias 2-3-13
    Omen, a small community of about 150 souls, may be the only town in East Texas that once went by an alias.
    Mike Cox Weekly. Syndicated in 11 newspapers
    "Texas Tales" columns >
    Confederate Compassion 5-23-13
    An act of kindness remembered.
    Delbert Trew Amarillo Globe-Sun
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    Putting up peaches brings back memories 10-23-12
    Clay Coppedge
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    The opium war, Texas style 5-11-13
    The slandeourous and libelous who lurk among us today have unprecedented avenues for any and all spurious allegations cast upon the character of any individual, public or private. In days of yore, the avenues were few but the character assasins were just as relentless. Take Sam Houston, revered father of Texas...
    Jeffery Robenalt Monthly
    "A Glimpse of Texas Past" column >

    Dissention and the Draft in Civil War Texas 5-1-13
    Not all Texans were in agreement about secession and the Civil War and many more were opposed to the Confederate Conscription Act. Historians estimate that nearly 30 percent of the Texas population had Unionist sentiments, though the great majority, like Sam Houston and James Throckmorton, remained loyal to Texas. However, as events would bear out, many dissenters paid a heavy price for expressing their doubt of the Southern cause and their opposition to the draft.
    Murray Montgomery Syndicated in 5 newspapers
    "Lone Star Diary" columns >
    Last President of the Republic 5-13-13
    Like so many other men who came to Texas during those trying times proceeding war with Mexico, Anson Jones had a colorful past. At times he was successful but, more often than not, failure seemed to follow this man who would end up being the last president of the Republic of Texas.
    C. F. Eckhardt
    "Charley Eckhardt's Texas " columns >

    The Night the Ghost Hounds Came 10-8-12
    "When I got outside the hounds had the house surrounded. I could hear them baying in chase all around me. I could see nothing. There was no movement in the grass, no shadows among the trees. The brilliant moon showed a tranquil landscape—but all around me were the sounds of hounds in chase..."
    Robert G. Cowser
    Robert G. Cowser's Essays >
    Bill Cherry Monthly
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    From Potential Lyrics for a Johnny Cash Loser Tune to A Turned Around Life 5-3-13
    Rev. Al Jandl
    Wanda Orton
    "Wandering" columns >
    Writer saw the Goose Creek light in WWII 5-9-13
    For one shining time during World War II, New Guinea had a Goose Creek, Texas, connection.

    HUMOR / OPINION

    Maggie Van Ostrand
    "A Balloon in Cactus" columns >

    Hey SCOTUS, Don’t Stop at Same Sex Marriage 4-1-13
    Extensive media coverage about same-sex marriage has given me a new envelope-pushing idea about a marriage commitment.
     David Knape
    "Once Upon A Line"
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    We Don't Go Much Anymore 5-15-13
    Momma Always Said 5-11-13
    The Common Sparrow 5-10-13
    Assembling A Poem 5-5-13
    The Possum 4-27-13
    West 4-23-13
    Mud Daubers 4-19-13
     Frances Giles
    "True Confessions and Mild Obsessions" columns >

    Meeting Miss Rita 5-9-13
    My first and only meeting with Mrs. Rita Ainsworth took place on a hot and humid summer day in southeast Texas. Is there any other kind? I was about 14 years old at the time. Miss Rita was a well known madam who had owned and operated a very successful brothel in the Dixie Hotel in downtown Beaumont...
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    Texas Oysters Saved 6 Lives by Ken Rudine 5-6-13
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  • In Times of Need by Bruce Martin 5-1-13
    My mother was one of those benevolent individuals, consistent and dependable.
  • A Sailor's Story: Kamikaze Attacks on the U.S.S. Sandoval by Lois Wauson 4-20-13
    "Then all of a sudden one of the planes veers toward us in a straight line and before we knew what happened, it hit us."
  • Surviving
    World War II
    George Olsson Short
    (1920-2003)
    Chapter Three

    Surviving WWII, and Arriving Home
    How his soldier brother became his savior and how he managed to get home to a post-war Texas life
    3-15-13
    World War II
    Chapter Two
    From Hitting Homers to Hitting the Hun
    and a Face-off with Gen. Patton
    A Personal Account of the Battle at Remagen Bridge
    10-6-12
    Zola
    Chapter One
    My Father Zola
    Baseball, Love and a Love of Baseball
    6-1-12
    Mrs. A.P. Borden
  • Mrs. A.P. Borden by John Polk 2-4-13
    "I spent many hours with Mrs. Borden and Theo O’Neal as a 10 year old boy." Here is the complete story.
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