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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...

The Many Ways and Wonders of Friendship

Friendship has been defined as like unto slipping into a comfortable old pair of shoes. As commonly as this wondrous connection may occur, very...

Keep Your Leaves to Save Butterflies, Moths, and Many Other Critters

October is the month in which we might be treated to a colorful show of leaves, courtesy of our deciduous trees. Yet, to most...

A Lesson on Grace, Granddaughters and Butterflies

Whenever possible, I leave work and go play with my 7 year old granddaughter. She is my delight and we have been best buddies...

Some Things Never Change

What does change is the way we hear about them. Newspapers . . . that’s what we call them because they used to give...

Millions of Miles from Darwin

Early this morning (Wednesday, 12 November 2014), we all heard the news that the European Space Agency’s Philae probe landed on a comet hundreds...

Bipartisanship is Commendable, not Contemptible

If people were randomly stopped on the street and asked what should be done to assume a smooth political path forward most would likely...