Wow! Another reality show and one that we get to see mother/daughter duos in action. This show Dallas Divas and Daughters airs every Sunday evening at 8pm EST on the Style Network. During this half-hour, we get a glimpse into the lives of five sets of mothers/daughters who live in Dallas, Texas and are considered […]

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There was a huge amount of scuttlebutt that did the rounds of us press types when seemingly out of nowhere, a benefit concert to secure more money in the search for missing Haleigh Cummings was announced. Early reports had it that all proceeds would be going to the Haleighbug Foundation. I guess what confused me […]

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More evidence was released by prosecutors yesterday in the case against little Caylee Anthony’s Mom. Caylee’s remains were found on December 11, 2008 after a wide search was held looking for her since mid July. The child was reportedly last seen in mid June when her mother claims she dropped her off with a so […]

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A lot of discussion is being made about the attack on Fort Hood, where a psychiatrist went amok and decided to kill his fellow soldiers.
Here in the Philippines, we sometimes see a quiet guy suddenly go “amok” and machete his relatives or superiors. Usually people can’t understand it, but actually everyone figures he had finally […]

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This just in from TJ Hart - Jan Barrett
The brother of Misty Croslin, the last person to see a missing Satsuma girl alive, is once again behind the bars of the Putnam County jail.
Hank Thomas “Tommy” Croslin Jr. was booked in to the Putnam County jail Thursday morning at 11:40 and charged with misdemeanor […]

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As I was watching the local news last evening, I happened to see a segment on the issue of zero tolerance on there. Basically, local school districts were giving their policies and procedures as to how they handle this problem within their schools. The parents were complaining that zero tolerance was too strict and needed […]

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How does one respond to an unpopular tyranny who is threatening to start a war? Do you try to encourage them to reform, with soft words and promises to help if they turn to cooperation? Or do you be blunt and articulate the idea that unjust government must reform, because freedom lives in the hearts […]

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What do Children Owe Toxic Parents?
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A lot of feedback about stopping bullying by toxic parents focused on what children owe those abusive parents.  After all, even though they harassed, abused and tormented their children, those parents still fed, clothed and housed them.
Many of those parents now claim that a debt is owed them.  No matter […]

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Monday I reported on another missing child case from Florida. 7 month old, Shannon Dedrick. She is white and is 2 ft tall and weighs only about 11 lbs. Some says she has blonde hair, others say it is brown but she has blues eyes.
Shannon disappeared from her home in Chipley Florida on October 31, […]

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Masaraha Ross, 3 years old was reported missing late last Wednesday afternoon along with her 29 year old mother, Ronkeya Holmes. The Winter Haven Police department has reason to believe they might be in danger. Now the FBI has been called in to help with the search for them.
Holmes was living in Savannah Georgia with […]

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Discovery saw a 25% drop in profits in the third quarter, although by anyones yardstick posting a $95 million quarter is hardly a disaster!
That did not stop Discovery from performing a wholesale slaughter of personnel in some of their online activities on Monday. While the exact number of pink slips is unknown it is reported […]

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An 8 year old little girl from Missouri has been reported missing according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Rebecca Marie Allen was last seen at her home in Washburn around 10:30 am on Saturday. Authorities think she may be with her biological mother, Teresa Lynn Allen, 39 who also uses the name Teresa L. […]

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One of our readers sent me a link last night about a mother desperately in need of help from the public to try and prevent a man from being released from jail on parole. It hit my heart because I know from personal experience how hard it is to fight  a parole board to keep […]

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Two governorships have fallen to Republicans, if the headlines have it right.
Yet most of the pundits are saying this is not a sign of disenchantment with the Congress and the President, but only local politics.
I’m not sure I agree. I think it is a sign that the “ordinary” folks are worried, and that they trust […]

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Toxic parents can make your life miserable, especially if you’re still trying to win their approval or if you think you must see them during the holidays.
Most people can call it quits with bullying lovers, end false friendships and divorce abusive spouses.  But stopping bullying by toxic parents seems more difficult.  And it’s even harder […]

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Who among us has not had their faith challenged? What are we to tell the person who, for whatever reason, has lost faith in God? Teacher of the Year: The Mystery and Legacy of Edwin Barlow examines how a young boy destined for the clergy became a soldier in WWII. After killing numerous […]

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Sunday morning I wrote an article about a 4 year old boy missing that was later found in a next door neighbor’s clothes dryer. A 14 year old that lives in the home where he was found was arrested for the killing of little Alex Christopher Mercado.
There weren’t many details on this case other than […]

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Would Jesus pack heat?
An easy question you say, since Jesus told his followers to “turn the other cheek”, and this quote is often quoted by those opposing all war or violence of any sort…mainly by those living in safe suburbs and working in tenured academic jobs.
Yet this article states that some pastors in the Detroit […]

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The Washington County Sheriff’s Office has issued a missing child alert for 7 month old Shannon Dedrick. Shannon is a white female that is 2 ft tall and weighs only about 11 lbs. She has blue eyes and some reports say she has brown and others say she has blonde or white hair.
She disappeared from […]

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Once Halloween is history, the winter holidays are upon us in the blink of an eye.
This is not the year for the must-have toy that causes fist-fights and prompts parents to shell out big bucks. U.S. consumers are paying off debt at record levels and spending only on essentials, leaving retailers with more nightmares before […]

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I was startled to find this important editorial in the NYTimes:

A Final Verdict on the Presidential Salute

After a couple of paragraphs explaining the writer’s expertise in saluting, and another couple of paragraphs on the history of presidential salutes, we come to the conclusion:
(President Obama’s) salute, it struck me, was impeccable in every way.
Huh?
It’s true that […]

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We had our regular panel of Simon and Jan Barrett, ace reporter TJ Hart, the ‘Crime Doctor’ Denny Griffin, and investigator William Cobra Staubs.
There has not been much news coming out of the Haleigh Cummings investigation this week, but we are not too concerned. The PCSO has played this card game very close to their […]

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Just last week we reported on a 9 year old girl from Missouri, Elizabeth Olten being murdered by a 15 year old female and they have decided to charge her as an adult on murder. I was beside myself when I heard that a 15 year old child could have done this, thinking what is […]

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I do not pretend to be an expert on the laws concerning phone intercepts, but I do not think it is legal to just go slap a tap on someones phone. Were this not so, there would not be a string of cases wending their way through the court system concerning the Bush Administrations use […]

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We will be running our regular internet radio program on Sunday Nov/1 at 3pm central (watch out for the time change!).
Assuming that all of our regular panelists figure out the one hour time shift we will have the regular crew. Simon and Jan Barrett, Denny Griffin, TJ Hart, and William Cobra Staubs should all be […]

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I just came across an article talking about a GPS tracking device that is available that could make things a lot easier to keep track of your child when they leave your sight. The device can be put in the child’s backpack or their lunchbox or even in their pockets. The device is a computerized […]

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The early 21st century stands as a period of profound moral confusion.  On the one hand, mothers and doctors are permitted to crack open the skulls and suck out the brains of nearly-born babies with government sanction under the banner of partial birth abortion.  Should these very same people hike into the woods and crack […]

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Ah, Halloween is here, and the TV channels are full of stories of witches and ghosts and goblins of all sorts.
Most of it is harmless fun: art and literature helps mankind be able to confront the evils around them in a way that strengthens their ability to hope that confronting the more real evils around […]

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Arianna Huffington, the Ann Coulter of the far-Left, expresses an enormous amount of dissatisfaction with the way her far-Left wing president does his job in her article this week on her website: “The Huffington Post”.
Huffington’s article, titled: “Barack Obama Is Doing My Job; Why America Needs Him to Do His,” openly wonders why […]

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This just in from TJ Hart - Jan Barrett

REPORTER’S NOTES: Another Month Passes and Still No Closer Finding Haleigh
This reporter’s radio station, 97.3 The Sky in Gainesville-Ocala, FL, has been covering the disappearance of Haleigh Cummings since that February morning when the story broke that the five-year-old girl was reported taken from her Satsuma […]

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