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SCOTT DREYER: Christmas Through the Eyes of a Child

As adults, it is important to think of what messages we are giving the children in our lives about the meaning and celebration of Christmas. Ponder this: “Christmas Through the Eyes...

FRED FIRST: Birds of a Feather

We were invited to join some geologist-birder friends for an outing last week that would...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Mr. President, Just Shut The H*ll Up

Nick Reiner, 32, the cocaine addicted and schizophrenic son of famed Hollywood sitcom actor, prolific...

BOB BROWN: “A Multitude of the Heavenly Host”

For many years, the Hon. B. Waugh Crigler, a former federal magistrate, taught the Men’s...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Annex Ukraine Now

Steve Witkoff, acting as personal envoy for President Trump, first met with Russian President Vladimir Putin...

DICK BAYNTON: The Hypocrisy of Teachers Unions

Newspapers, TV, Internet and radio have been following the recent teacher’s strikes in Oklahoma, Arizona and West Virginia. Strikes, demonstrations, pickets with signs and...

Hayden Hollingsworth: Can We Believe It?

The picture of the smiling Kim Jong Un and Moon Jai-in stepping across the line dividing North and South Korea does tend to stretch...

DICK BAYNTON: Teenage Workers – Participate and Liberate

When high school graduates hung up their diplomas during and after WWII, Korea and Vietnam, many chose or were required to enter one of...

LUCKY GARVIN: Eden Lies in The Eyes of The Beholder.

I have recently become convinced that much like beauty, Eden lies in the eyes of the beholder. Ordinarily, and forgivably, when we hear the words:...

BRUCE RINKER: A Damn Butterfly Chaser

Who was Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890-1998)? An author and conservationist well remembered for her famous 1947 book, “The Everglades: River of Grass.” The book...

DICK BAYNTON: Syria – Holocaust II?

Winston Churchill, speaking on radio in October 1939 said something like this about Russia: It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an...