Two Gents' Worth
June 13, 2026
Civil Society
You’d have to be a real fan of Major League Baseball to do what Sharon and I did this past Thursday. But we are, so we did it. These days, being what you might call “old,” we satisfy ourselves by watching plenty of MLB games on TV. But on Thursday we got up really, really…
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Civil Society
They came from California and nine other states. They were family members and friends and neighbors and former colleagues — all coming to the St. Paul Catholic Newman Center in Fresno this past Monday to memorialize the life of Rodney Elliott Stambaugh — who was better known to hundreds of thousands of Valley TV viewers…
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Sharon and I were having lunch in our backyard this Easter Sunday afternoon when a squirrel urinated on me. No, I am not making this up. There we were, sitting in the shade underneath our Japanese maple tree when I suddenly felt water hitting me on my right arm and head. For a brief moment,…
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