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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 he replaced Dennis Prager from noon to 2:00 p.m. last March. I found his...

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...

FRED FIRST: Go West At Last, Old Man

Decades of frugality have come abruptly to an end. I have made the choice to...

Creating a Golden Age of Schooling

A 2009 study found that students in the United States ranked 25th among 34 countries in math and science. Some cite this study...

These Days, Even The Fun Stuff Has An Edge To It

Way back in 1996, the makers of M&M's asked America to vote on a new color for their candy, resulting in a promotion...

Our Amusing Eccentricities

Little eccentricities of family members and friends are amusing and a sure way for us to remember them. When we laugh it is...

Coping With Different Family Thermostats

Weather is a fickle friend.  One day the sun bathes us with warmth, the next, we are cast into a cruel, shivering, bitter...

Of Silence and Solitude

Everyone has the experience, usually multiple times a day that if there is one more interruption, one more distraction, or another red light...

Taxation and Certainty

“In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes,” so said the sage of the 18th century, Benjamin Franklin.  It would be...