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Vicki McClure Davidson | January 25, 2010

When I was a kid, our family watched Bonanza every week. I recall that when Pernell Roberts, who played the oldest Cartwright son Adam, left the series, my mother was in recurring shock for months… actually, years. I believe she harbored a bit of a crush on the actor, and couldn’t believe he had left [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | January 25, 2010

I’ve been actively blogging for about a year now, and one of my favorite writers out there in the sometimes cruel, often frustrating Conservative Blog Universe is Doug Powers. Not only does he have a razor-sharp wit (which he gleefully uses on Democrats and Republicans alike), but his blog has such a cool name… The [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | January 25, 2010

I never really watched the 1980s sitcom Diff’rent Strokes. I’m not sure why I didn’t, because it was extremely popular. Perhaps it was opposite something else that I preferred more, or I was too busy to watch what appeared to be a really silly sitcom. But like I said, it was extremely popular, mainly because [...]

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