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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...

Some Musings on The Afterlife

I guess it began while I was watching a ‘Great “Courses’ series on the common man of ancient Egypt. While certain people held the...

Is Higher Education Really Higher?

There has recently been a lot of focus on life at college campuses . . . with good reason. The debacle of The Rolling...

The Arrogance of Autocracy

Recently when I turned on the TV morning news, there was Col. Daniel King, US Army announcing that Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl had been charged...

An Uncertain Place

Things change abruptly, plans fail, dreams are diminished, bad things happen. Without warning. And definitely without our permission. In an instance, everything that made sense...

VWCC — A Local Jewel

Colonial Avenue is a major thoroughfare that bisects the campus of Virginia Western Community College. It has not always been so. It used to...

The Progressive Treadmill to Perpetual Poverty

The liberal issues of inequality, the ‘war on women’, LBJ’s Great Society, increased entitlements and ‘tax the rich’ are all progressive strides on the...