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TweetPinShareColumn By Walt Mares “If you say it, mean it.” So reads a button I often wear. It is a gentler way of saying, “Put up or shut up.” If …
Editorial: How about an anti-mask, vaccine petition? Read More
TweetPinShareWalt Mares Photo/Gila Herald: Runoff from the heavy rain is shown in front of the Morenci Library on Wednesday. Do not be ignorant, arrogant, or stupid Column By Walt Mares …
Editorial: Floodwaters in channels can become fatal Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Chase Hunter/Cronkite News: Crowds of Trump supporters lean over a fence outside the Supreme Court to jeer counter-protesters who were kept on the other side of the barricade …
Editorial: Trump cult: I just don’t get it Read More
TweetPinShareFile Photo By Walt Mares Three-legged friend is one of the many reasons for thanks Column By Walt Mares It was not Thanksgiving Day or any holiday but it is …
Editorial: Old ‘Copper’ provided a lesson in gratitude Read More
TweetPinShareVideo Still: Rioters break into the Capitol. Frequently repeated lies can gain acceptance Column By Walt Mares Donald Trump lost. This is no lie. Yet the “Big Lie” abides: He …
Editorial: Practitioners of the ‘Big Lie’ Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Snow flurries descend on the Twilight area of Mount Graham. A childhood memory that time can never fade Column By Walter Mares The location is …
Editorial: Snow, moonlight create magical moment Read More
TweetPinShareMaybe he works for ‘Deep Freeze State’ Column By Walt Mares It was in the first or second grade that it happened. We were on the playground at Romeo Elementary …
Editorial: Is Santa Claus really who he is supposed to be? Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Chase Hunter/Cronkite News Out the door with extremism Column By Walt Mares “Power to the People!” screamed the headline on the magazine’s cover. “Return government control to …
Editorial: Power to the ‘correct’ People? Read More
TweetPinShareIt happened in the midst of bloody, muddy war Column By Walt Mares It happened more than a century ago. It is regarded as one of the most storied and …
Editorial: Let us call an American “truce” this Christmas season Read More
TweetPinShareWalt Mares File Photo/Gila Herald: The Duncan Boy Scout troop mixes patriotism with Christmas holiday spirit on this float at a past “Small Town Christmas” light parade in Duncan. Not a …
Editorial: Duncan to hold Christmas holiday event Read More
