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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: What Do We Expect?

It’s a comfortable feeling when you have an anticipation of what may happen. It gives one a sense of control, although that can surely...

CAROLINE WATKINS: Humble Pie

I looked up this expression in a book of word and phrase origins I had given my father and then “acquired" after his death. ...

H. BRUCE RINKER: Pollution Has A Brand!

When Mexican businessman Alfredo Gandur inspected my photographs of marine plastics pollution along the coastline of the Yucatán Peninsula, including close-ups of manufacturer labels,...

DICK BAYNTON: Leading From Behind is Craven

Excluding conspiracy theories, it is probable that at least part of the world’s problems is because of our strategy of ‘leading from behind.’ The...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: The Lesser of Two Evils?

We would prefer not to have choices dependent on the amount of evil contained within the various options. Unfortunately seldom is the case when...

DICK BAYNTON: The New Realities

Here are some items that are newsworthy but rarely get front page headlines or coverage and may be announced by TV anchors and radio...