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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...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Growing Old Gracefully: Good Luck!

I’ve been giving some thought to aging of late. It seems odd that for decades most of us ignore the inevitability of it. Many...

DICK BAYNTON: Unaccountability Propagates Corruption

Most of us believe that the Grand Canyon is the biggest chasm in the United States. Here’s a surprise; there is a yawning gap...

CAROLINE WATKINS: Shame, Shame, Shame . . .

 . . . Shame of fools. This is my “spin” on Aretha Franklin’s chorus in Chain of Fools after notions of writing about the patriarchy...

DICK BAYNTON: Who is Our Greatest Menace?

Did you hear about the British picket ship firing a missile across the bow of one of our aircraft carriers in international waters? Did...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Can It Get Worse?

Yes, it can.  Whatever we’re talking about it can get worse . . . a LOT worse.  We will start with racial tensions, over-reacting police,...

DICK BAYNTON: A Hollow Legacy

Legacies are created by the pentagonal convergence of inspiration, perspiration, dedication, intuition and completion. Legacies, it seems, arise from the application of theories, the...