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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 he replaced Dennis Prager from noon to 2:00 p.m. last March. I found his...

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...

FRED FIRST: Go West At Last, Old Man

Decades of frugality have come abruptly to an end. I have made the choice to...

JOY SYLVESTER JOHNSON: Gratitude For Love and Life

This Morning . . . I spend a moment each morning considering my own death. I know each day, each breath, brings me closer to...

MIKE KEELER: We All Need a Few More Jolts of Hot Sauce

If the day's news has got you down, what you need is a jolt of hot sauce. But first, some history. In the 1860's, Edmund...

DICK BAYNTON: Virtue & Victims

What is emerging in politics is counterfeit virtue and real victims. Virtue is now an intellectual commodity that can be mauled and manipulated into...

LUCKY GARVIN: The Return of The Smidge-miester

I have withheld telling this story for about six months. The occasion of my reticence is I didn’t know if he would survive the...

DICK BAYNTON: Sanctuary Jurisdictions

In year 2000 there were 11 sanctuary jurisdictions in the U.S., by 2009 there were 40 sanctuaries, by 2016, there were 338 and in...

EXTENSION CONNECTION: Moving Forward in the Garden After the Storms

Even if you did not sustain direct storm damage in the garden, you have likely been unable to garden for a long time.  This...