Carl Lance

A Better Deal

Violence continues in major cities across the US and it’s hard to understand. What began with peaceful protests demanding justice and equality has turned into stealing, killing and destruction. The radical ideas I hear repeated have nothing to do with justice or equality. Calls to defund the Police are heard in places where violent anarchists …

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Picture Perfect

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but ten thousand wouldn’t be enough to describe the painting the “First Day in Heaven.” It portrays a young woman with her arms wrapped tightly around the neck of JESUS. Her eyes are tightly closed and her mouth wide open. It’s obvious this joyful greeting isn’t …

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Greater and Less Than

Recently I told a friend that any number minus any number is less than the original number (x – y = < x). That as a teacher he didn’t understand this simple equation, told me that he didn’t want to. What did he not want to understand? I told him there was wide-spread support for …

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The Upgrade

When we took a trip to Kemah, with our daughter and grandchildren, I reserved a mini-van from a nearby rental company. I knew there was plenty of room in the van we selected, because I had rented the same model on many occasions. I try to plan our trips to avoid problems along the way …

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Unselfish Acts

While in the Air Force, assigned to John Hay Air Station, Philippines, I was in charge of a huge tree planting project. Everyone was asked to join in and I encouraged my engineering section to do their part saying “There is no more unselfish act than planting a tree.” No, I’m not a “tree hugger” …

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