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Thinking Out Loud: BLM’s War on the Family

In the Sunday, July 12 edition of the Seminole Sentinel, part of Thinking Out Loud was inadvertently omitted. We are rerunning it in it’s entirety. We apologize for the error.

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State Capitol Highlights

AUSTIN — COVID-19 turned aggressive to the point last week that the Department of Defense activated U.S. Army and U.S. Navy medical task force teams and assigned them to Texas at Gov. Greg Abbott’s request.

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June Texas unemployment rate falls to 8.6 percent

AUSTIN -- The Texas economy added 243,900 private sector positions over the past month. In June, Texas saw a decrease in the state unemployment rate to 8.6 percent. This is the second consecutive monthly decrease and the lowest rate since March 2020 when the Texas economy was initially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Texas is below the national rate of 11.1 percent.

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Musings by Marilou:

When a co-worker appeared with a box filled with puppies last summer, all common sense was drained from my brain. I must have momentarily forgotten about our sly and unpredictable cat Shadow and Nola, our extremely jealous German Shepherd. Oh, and don’t exclude our one-winged duck, Daffy.

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Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor,

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Sam Holbrooks: Thinking Out Loud: Shorts

The Smithsonian’s Racist Document

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Thinking Out Loud: BLM’s War on the Family

The family is a God-ordained mechanism, a sacred unit that has formed the foundational building blocks of every society since the beginning of time. It is a source of strength and security, where typically Mom admonishes her kids to be careful and kind, and Dad says go for it, and take your lumps when it goes wrong. It's nature and nurture, and boldness when it's needed.

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Life in the Oilfield

I spent some time in my youth working in the oil fields of west Texas primarily on ‘pulling units’, also known as well servicing rigs. They are so called because they function to repair problems that impair the production of that black gold we value so much. Too much down time on an existing well is a major pain in an oil company’s pocketbook.

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Woman in the Mirror

While people are debating the mask or facial covering issue, I choose to go by the governor’s mandate. It’s not only a way to protect myself and others from COVID-19, but it’s also becoming the new fashion accessory of 2020.