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Karl
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Former Director of Childkind, a nonprofit serving children with medical & developmental disabilities.
The Candleberry Tales volumes 2 and 3 will be out in 2026!
December 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A meditation for our time from Psalm 5
December 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This is but one example of what our Congress is focused upon. One would think health care affordability would be on their radar.

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US congress calls for testimony from Australia's 'zealot' internet regulator
Republican Jim Jordan called Julie Inman Grant a 'zealot' who threatened free speech in America.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:24 AM
What a good idea Spain has. It seems the US would prefer continued depopulation of rural areas and the resulting collapse of local farms.

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African migrants learn shepherding in Spain, in photos
LOS CORTIJOS, Spain (AP) — A government program in Spain is training African migrants as shepherds to tackle rural depopulation and job shortages.
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October 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
At the Decatur Book Festival, the largest such event in Atlanta.
October 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Already our dear leader and his family are trying to profit from the death of Charlie Kirk! I should be surprised.

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September 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The administration tried to bully Lisa Cook and force her to resign. When that didn't work, claimed they were going to investigate her for mortgage fraud, giving the President cause to fire her. Racists and liars, all of them!

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Fed Governor Lisa Cook claimed 2nd residence as 'vacation home,' undercutting Trump fraud claims
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook referred to a condominium she purchased in June 2021 as a “vacation home” in a loan estimate.
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September 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
A big sleazy bank, JP Morgan is. Me thinks we should send the National Guard there to uphold the laws against money laundering and sex trafficking. If we're willing to send the guard to big cities, why not big banks, too? Just as much crime in those places, too.

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How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein
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September 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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July 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Texas couldn't find $1M for a flood warning system but they could find billions for sports complexes! Go America! We're great again!

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A decade of missed opportunities: Texas couldn't find $1M for flood warning system near camps
Over the last decade, an array of local and state agencies have missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert the type of disaster that swept away dozens of youth campers and o...
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July 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Readers often say "Church Mouse Academy" is their favorite Candleberry Tales story. It is a parable about DEI. It follows two seminary students, a human, Caitlin O'Clannahy, and a mouse, Horace. Horace attends an academy hidden in the walls of the Caitlin's school. This is a short excerpt:
July 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Hello friends - I thought I'd share with you an excerpt from The Candleberry Tales. Part of one of the stories in the book, "The Boys of Blakely," describes the events surrounding the fall of the Walls of Jericho dam.
July 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Today a person I know asked me about my book "The Candleberry Tales." "Is it religious," she asked. "Yes," I answered, "It is a humous look at Christianity." "Are you a Christian?" "Yes," I replied. "But I thought you were an atheist," she said. "Why?" I asked. "Because you are very kind and nice."
July 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"This is a damn get-your-act-together call," said Sisto Abeyta, a Democratic political consultant. "Pew...punctures the notion that higher voter turnout would have" helped Harris beat Trump. "Higher turnout likely would have increased Trump's margin of victory."

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Trump came close to winning Latino vote in '24 — Pew analysis
Democrats' declining support in key voting bloc was worse than previously thought, report says.
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June 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
My new book is out and is available on Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and other outlets!
May 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Happy Memorial Day Great-Great-Grand Pappy Johann Paulus (Sept. 1863, Pennsylvania Volunteers)
May 24, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Happy Mother's Day, Mom. We all miss you terribly!
May 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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This is very accurate for me 😊

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April 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We are watching the end of NATO in real time! It took Trump and Vance only two months to accomplish this.
February 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Maisie lets me know that she needs to go out, like right away!
February 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Collies are a unique breed of dog. The Lab I had before never would have waited patiently for food. Squirrels are another matter.
February 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
An Arm and a Leg is a great podcast about

healthcarehttps://armandalegshow.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Maisie’s first snow
January 22, 2025 at 4:15 AM