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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...

What To Do With Injured Wildlife

We at Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center of Roanoke have found that our neighbors in southwestern Virginia are very concerned about wildlife, so we want...

DICK BAYNTON: History Can’t be Changed

The three important segments of time are the past (history), the present (reality) and the future (uncertainty). Of these three periods, the past (history)...

LIZA FIELD: Trees Please

  I went out to the hazel wood, Because a fire was in my head. —William Butler Yeats People feel better out under the trees. So do most songbirds,...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Beware The Ego

A century ago Sigmund Freud turned the world of human behavior on its figurative head.  For millennia much had been said about how the...

DICK BAYNTON: Civil War II

Dennis Prager wrote in the National Review in January that America is engaged in the 2nd Civil War, a remark that would be refuted by...

LUCKY GARVIN: Prayer As Divine Conversation

I do not pray. But wait! Before you kick me out, hear me out. As a child, I was influenced more than I knew as...