Migrant minors fuel cheap labor machine
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As illegal migration from Central America soars, more minors are moving into America’s cheap labor pipeline. It’s a dismal journey enabled by lax immigration policies.
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Very minor fungus causes loss of small roots on runners
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Dear Neil: Why are runners on my St. Augustine lifting up above the rest of the lawn? Do I need to be concerned? It is not of concern.
February is National Cherry Month
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This past week I have been presenting several programs on cherries, and the Dinner Tonight Cooking Club presented a program on cherries. Cherries are a stone fruit, related to plums and more distantly to peaches and nectarines.
Have you seen my wallet?
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I place my wallet – a lot. In fact, if losing wallets was an Olympic sport, I’m pretty sure I’d be investigated for doping.
Bingeing new TV shows won’t last long
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Nine years ago this month Netflix changed how we watch television. The streaming service released an entire season of its political drama, “House of Cards,” at once, enabling viewers to binge on 13 episodes.
Understanding the difference between hope and assurance
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Romans 8:24 - “For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all.
Crinum lily growing in local topsoil without bed preparation
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Dear Neil: I planted one daylily nine years ago. It has only bloomed once in all of that time.
Thin Mints should be banned by the government next
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The federal government should ban them. Girl Scout cookie season is upon us, my friends - the most agonizing of all the seasons.
The American labor movement is killing itself
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Joe Biden likes to talk about how “unions built this country.” He’s right - up to a point. From FDR to Nixon, the labor movement played a significant role in determining the nation’s economic destiny.
Stand humbly in His presence
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Romans 8:23 (NIV) - “Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.” Usually, when Christians talk about first fruits, it is about our offerings to God, the first rewards of our labor. We give to our Creator first, then use the balance to meet our needs.
