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BOB BROWN: KILLING TRUTH

The Declaration of Independence cites God four times—as "Nature's God," "Creator," "Supreme Judge of the world," and"divine Providence"—to support the colonists' claims to independence and rights. The different references...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Charlie Kirk’s P*** Poor Security at Utah Valley University in Orem

I always enjoyed listening to Charlie Kirk on a local radio station in Roanoke, Virginia, after...

FRED FIRST: Peregrinations of a *BoZo

I have a few bits of biological blarney to pass along before I focus later...

ANDY PITZER: No Offseason

“It’s the time of the season.” This pertains to and will make the most sense for...

BOB BROWN: “I Remember World War II”

On December 7, 1941, my sister, Edith, eight years my senior, and I were in...

H. BRUCE RINKER: Does One Count?

Galileo (1564-16-42) declared “Mathematics the language of science.” For us modern day scientists, that language is based on statements of statistical significance and probability. Scientific...

DICK BAYNTON: An American Algorithm

An ‘algorithm’ is a step by step solution to a problem, using logic and often a computer program (but not necessarily) that leads to...

BARBARA LEACH: Spring Garden Problems in Wet Years

Water is a double-edged sword in the garden.  Things are green and growing fast and we don’t have to spend time watering, but with...

LUCKY GARVIN: Through A Glass Darkly

For those of us who would trace Heaven’s footsteps, often we must reason like historians; we must ‘read the map backward’ so to speak....

DICK BAYNTON: What’s In A Name?

Shayom Debopadhaya, a graduating senior at Salem High School has won an award of $500 from a local informal group named ‘The Big Lick...

MIKE KEELER: There Never Was an Age of Brass

When the ancients first started digging in the ground, they collected shiny metals like Copper and Gold, and learned that these could be melted...