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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...

World War is Unconscionable

In 1949, the Department of War and the Department of Navy were consolidated under a new name, The Department of Defense. The Secretary of...

Arresting and Ephemeral

Arresting and ephemeral. These two lovely adjectives seem common in the botanicals when naturalists describe Virginia Bluebells, one of my favorite native wildflowers in...

When You’ve Been Abandoned

Pain is something we never get use to and none of us are immune. Either unknowingly or deliberately along life’s journey we’ve all encountered...

Follow Your Bliss

Those are the words of advice Joseph Campbell, the 20th century philosopher, gave Bill Moyers on his widely acclaimed PBS special, “The Power of...

I Am PC – I Have Arrived

Those of you who have read my earlier commentaries no doubt united with me in despair over my ever becoming modern.  It is a...

Keeping Our Priorities Straight

Candidates for political office say they are going to improve conditions for the middle class. The current administration in power since 2009 has been...