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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...

Along The Crooked Road

It really is crooked, that western portion of Virginia's US Route 58, tightly weaves through the mountains and hollows of Grayson County and on...

Social Media….Not!

I just spent the weekend with a bunch of Boy Scouts and leaders in the Greenbrier Valley, camping and riding the Greenbrier Trail for...

Threshold to the Future

On my way home one night recently, I stopped at a grocery store to pick up a few items for our kitchen. Upon leaving...

When Life Was Simple

Do you remember when that was true?  The correct answer is that it was never simple.  It seemed so for a variety of reasons,...

Lois Lerner and the IRS: Surrogates for Autocracy

Government agencies, bureaus and departments have become known by their acronyms that have entered our lexicon and commonly used in daily discussions. What stands...

Here’s How World Markets Get Destabilized

It starts with a product that is, well, the only way to put it is...addicting. During World War 2, an Italian confectionary company was...