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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...

CAROLINE WATKINS: Angels Unawares

Inspired by a Bruce Hornsby concert recently, I was planning to write about how music has the power to transport us. Hearing some of...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: The Great Flood of 1985

The disaster in Texas, particularly in Houston, is almost beyond imagining.  As flat as the landscape is the reach of an airborne lake is...

LIZA FIELD: Getting Back Home

How was your summer getaway? “Trip from hell,” my neighbors reported.   They’d headed west to escape the mugginess, traffic, politics and heat of our Eastern states,...

LUCKY GARVIN: The Looking Glass

At this point in my thinking, I am confused as to whether to call it a soft sorrow or a reluctant fascination. The subject...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: The Long Good-Bye

That was the title of a Raymond Chandler book published in 1953 and 20 years later became a classic movie.  The term today is...

DICK BAYNTON: Charlottesville; Where Modern Day Gladiators Met

On Saturday August 12th Charlottesville, VA was the scene of demonstrations and street fighting causing the death of 32-year-old Heather Heyer and injuries to...