This generation gap is different from the others

We are just now completing a month with both an election and (virtual) Thanksgiving family gatherings, so this may not come as much of a surprise: We are in the middle of another generation gap. Only this one is different. Really different.

ASK THE DOCTOR

Dear Doctors: Our grandmother, who is 91, fell and broke her left hip. She wound up needing a partial hip replacement. I’ve read that hip fractures are dangerous for older adults. Can you explain why? Dear Reader: A hip fracture is a serious and yet common outcome when an older adult has a fall.

TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is the 326th day of 2020 and the 61st day of autumn. TODAY’S HISTORY In 1789, North Carolina was admitted as the 12th U.S. state. In 1877, Thomas Edison announced his invention of the phonograph. In 1922, Rebecca Felton of Georgia was sworn in as the first female U.S. senator.

CLINTON’S HISTORY 10, 20 AND 30 YEARS AGO

30 YEARS AGO Scissor Talk, a new beauty salon located at 115 N. Ninth in Clinton, celebrated its grand opening.

How quick we forget!

People continue to ask city council members why the new water treatment plant was ever built and now that we have it, why it is not being used more. After all, taxpayers and water users are making payments on the $29.

Sometimes the facts are not what we want

Jodi Doering, an emergency room nurse in South Dakota, tweeted this description of COVID-19 patients she's been treating: "The ones that stick out are those who still don't believe the virus is real. The ones who scream at you for a magic medicine, and that Joe Biden is going to ruin the USA.

‘Defund the police:’ the damage it caused

Remember the debate over the meaning of the phrase "defund the police"? Repeated over and over on the progressive left, it seemed pretty clear – it meant that cities should no longer fund, and thus effectively abolish, their police forces.

What can be said these days?

Almost a half-century ago, comedian George Carlin recorded his controversial "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" monologue. That was then.

TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is the 325th day of 2020 and the 60th day of autumn. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1789, New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights. In 1945, the Nuremberg Trials against World War II Nazi war criminals began. In 1962, President John F.

Self-expression

Corn Bible Academy student Chloe Nelson paints a wolf on a hoodie inside the Pepsi Pop Art Gallery.