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08-02-09 John Young: A tree grows in Waco
07-30-09 John Young: To the family that replaces us
07-26-09 John Young: Big as Texas; no, even bigger
07-23-09 John Young: Of cyclopses, sideshows and Cronkite
07-19-09 John Young: A pitch for inconsequence and simple pleasures
07-16-09 John Young: Um, because it was illegal?
07-12-09 John Young: Honestly, jail way too comfy for this FBI character
07-09-09 John Young: They call it information
07-05-09 John Young: At least students have right to remain clothed
07-02-09 John Young: Endgame of the sporting deceit
06-28-09 John Young: Audie Murphy came back to public celebrity, private hell
06-25-09 John Young: 'Disperse; God commands it'
06-23-09 John Young: The Austin book-scrubbing club
06-21-09 John Young: How Dad helped get that piano up the stairs
06-18-09 John Young: Sun-tan lotion and health care
06-14-09 John Young: Plea for my sit-upon place
06-11-09 John Young: Hate is in neither holy book
06-07-09 John Young: Seeds of hope for gays, lesbians
06-04-09 John Young: Yee haw - Texas is last, and dropping
05-31-09 John Young: This is the time of their lives?
05-28-09 John Young: These bogus arguments have lost their roar
05-26-09 John Young: Obama's quite a voice for choice
05-24-09 John Young: The dog is dining in the dark
05-21-09 John Young: Another definition for 'crazy'
05-14-09 John Young: When I say 'hate crime,' you say . . .
05-10-09 John Young: Gripping drama when trees lose to elements
05-07-09 John Young: Want a global emergency? Observe the ice
05-05-09 John Young: Adventures in conformity, GOP-style
05-03-09 John Young: Calling on Waco's walking history books
04-30-09 John Young: Time for that conversation - about organ donation
04-28-09 John Young: 'With liberty and profiit over all . . .'
04-26-09 John Young: Shutting of Wiley's doors reverberates into May
04-23-09 John Young: How to secede in politics
04-21-09 John Young: Warrants for our proxies
04-19-09 John Young: Way out of our roadside civic engagement?
04-16-09 John Young: Now they're tossing tea?
04-09-09 John Young: Civil servants? Heaven forfend
04-07-09 John Young: Our seed-corn squanderers
04-05-09 John Young: Frantic search for a picnic table, or at least a sign
04-02-09 John Young: Anti-abortion zeal and the blessed flood
03-31-09 John Young: Of student uniform-ity at Waco High
03-29-09 John Young: Aggie who wrote the book -- on global warming
03-26-09 John Young: Don't sit on that sword, Governor
03-24-09 John Young: Dress for success? In Texas, wear pads
03-19-09 John Young: My kid wrote a song
03-17-09 John Young: Stamped as 'college material'?
03-15-09 John Young: Dewhurst and his trophy
03-12-09 John Young: De-exorcising science
03-10-09 John Young: For Pantherettes, Rockets, the time of their lives
03-08-09 John Young: Citizen Stanford and his many influential friends

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03-05-09 John Young: Class warfare? No, inequities vs. needs
03-01-09 John Young: Man behind all those disruptions
02-26-09 John Young: 'Conspiracy of silence' on sex ed
02-24-09 John Young: Why wobbly at thought of federal help?
02-22-09 John Young: Hand-me-up clothes
02-21-09 John Young: Hand-me-up clothes
02-19-09 John Young: That grand old umbrage
02-15-09 John Young: Map to getting somewhere
02-12-09 John Young: Testing's 'collateral damage'
02-08-09 John Young: The day South Waco spoke
02-05-09 John Young: School prayer mime games
02-01-09 John Young: Back to bake sales for abstinence-only
01-29-09 John Young: The gambling conundrum
01-27-09 John Young: Leaders or bottom feeders?
01-25-09 John Young: When youth trumps experience
01-22-09 John Young: From a nation of gawkers
01-20-09 John Young: Brand loyalty oath
01-18-09 John Young: We know the face of this crime
01-15-09 John Young: This is a stronger presidency?
01-12-09 John Young: Tests have become 'pill' habit
01-11-09 John Young: Two from Texas are plenty, thank you very much
01-08-09 John Young: It's what lubricates Austin
12-25-08 John Young: A Christmas carol for Cindy
12-21-08 John Young: Talking dogs --�and seasons --�with Dad
12-18-08 John Young: 'America - the whole package'
12-14-08 John Young: How a devout father came to embrace difference in his son
12-11-08 John Young: Geeze, throw them a rope
12-07-08 John Young: So, J.R. brought down Soviet empire
12-04-08 John Young: Obama backers didn�t need battering ram; they clicked
12-02-08 John Young: Our stampede mentality
11-30-08 John Young: H.S. counselors should have arenas, not broom closets
11-25-08 John Young: Defense Department again?
11-23-08 John Young: These end-timers think they've found their man
11-20-08 John Young: Idle thoughts about money, gasoline and letting your car idle
11-16-08 John Young: Painting with generalizations
11-13-08 John Young: Swiss cheese reckonings
11-09-08 John Young: Soldier's mad dash to beach
11-06-08 John Young: 2008 � fear strikes out
11-02-08 John Young: Attrition hits culture warriors
10-30-08 John Young: And if he were Muslim?
10-28-08 John Young: How to fill a terrible void
10-23-08 John Young: Both candidates need schooling
10-23-08 John Young: Talkin' straight-ticket blues
10-21-08 John Young: Rally 'round flag of vote suppression
10-16-08 John Young: Health care debate points
10-14-08 John Young: Guilt by association(s)
05-06-08 John Young: Going long, going bold
01-13-08 John Young: Everything bigger in Texas Ranger dispute
05-10-07 John Young: 'Nothing ever changes here'

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