Witty, humorous, and even some serious articles written by one of the original purveyors of hixnews.com, the late "Buffalo" Bob Casale. Enjoy!

Will Rogers, who died in a 1935 plane crash in Alaska with bush pilot, Wiley Post, was one of the greatest political country/cowboy sages this country has ever known.
Click here to continue reading November 2016: Volume 17 - Issue 2

A fictional story that will still make you tear up
They told me the big black Lab's name was Reggie as I looked at him lying in his pen.
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While being a "Helicopter Crew Chief Instructor" at Fort Eustis , Virginia , I'd go to Washington DC , with a few buddies almost every weekend. We'd do the Smithsonian and other museums. On the way back to Ft. Eustis (125 miles), we'd often stop for something to eat.
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On the Saturday following Thanksgiving 2013, Ms. Karen, my 94-year-old father, Bill Gressinger, and I were visiting Pima Air and Space Museum.
P-51 Mustang "Bad Angel" in Hanger #4 at the Pima Air and Space Museum.We were in Hanger #4 to view the beautifully restored B-29, when I happened to take notice of a P-51 Mustang near the big bomber. It's name ... "Bad Angel".
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War dominated 30 years of Vietnam's history last century. The struggle that began with communists fighting French colonial power in the 1940s did not end until they seized Saigon and control of the whole country in 1975. The period that Americans refer to as the "Vietnam War" - and the Vietnamese call the "American War" - was the US military intervention from 1965 to 1973.
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Our 14-year-old dog Abbey died last month. The day after she passed away my 4-year-old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed Abbey. She asked if we could write a letter to God so that when Abbey got to heaven, God would recognize her.
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