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The four-minute monologue from Robert Shaw as Quint in JAWS (1975) is about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, and it’s…
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Hallelujah. First Baptist Church of Ruston celebrates its 125th anniversary next Sunday, August 8. Can you believe it?! True, it seems…
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(Ran originally in Sunday’s March 3, 2019 editions of The Times and The News-Star.) Behind every good band is a good…
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They are the innovators, the entrepreneurs, the guys who had a better idea. People like Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, or the…
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When you gotta go you gotta go. Designated Writers understands, supports, and “gets” this. We feel your pain. We’ve felt OUR…
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I got some disappointing news about a friend of mine earlier this week. Actually, he was the one who delivered the…
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Eight years ago in May — maybe it was nine — from our hotel room high in St. Louis, we could…
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Here at the Designated Writers headquarters, we refer to it as “taking a knee.” It occurs when the news will come…
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One day your grandchildren will look at their parents and say, “You mean when you were a kid, on TV, y’all…
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