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Yes It Is, It’s True: Stereotyping is still alive and well

I suppose stereotyping has been around about as long as the human experience. The disease is still alive and well, and there's plenty of proof, particularly on Facebook. The first…

Editor April 6, 2018

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Army Bob: Are the politically correct prejudiced?

“I would tell you to take your misinterpreted 2nd amendment and (bleep) it up your (bleep).” — A liberal’s eloquent advice. Many good folks on the left side of the…

Editor April 5, 2018

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Ranger Rick: Elon Musk, Tesla crash on public money

I have followed Elon Musk and Tesla for years. He has been touted as a genius, which I’m sure he is. I just don’t know what he is genius about…

Editor April 3, 2018

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Yes It Is, It’s True: I met Tea Party forerunner in 1980

Though I didn't know it at the time, my first encounter with what later would evolve into the Tea Party occurred during my first year as an editor, in 1980.…

Editor March 30, 2018

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Army Bob: Get to know the weapons you want to ban

by Robert M. Traxler To quote a friend of mine, “No one should be allowed to own an AK-47.” This begs the question, what is an AK-47? Ask most folks…

Editor March 29, 2018

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The Subterranean: Two Damon films don’t meet expectations

“I find my life is easier the lower I keep my expectations.” — Bill Watterson (cartoonist, Calvin and Hobbes by Walter G. Tarrow (Reviews of Suburbicon and Downsizing) Both ** out…

Editor March 29, 2018

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Basura: How about allowing Emotional Support Guns?

"Happiness is a Warm Gun" — The Beatles I noticed a lot of dogs Saturday while flying home from Mexico. These weren’t service animals, leader dogs for the blind, for…

Editor March 27, 2018

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Ranger Rick: Ban ‘Gun-Free Zones’ instead of guns

This is reality. This is in your face. This is how it is. Everywhere there is a “Gun Free Zone” sign, take it down, remove it NOW! You are encouraging…

Editor March 27, 2018

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Will we let term-limited politicians hook us again?

"The last time I saw a mouth like that, it had a hook in it." — Rodney Dangerfield Perhaps the three most consequential political lies perpetrated on and believed by…

Editor March 24, 2018

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One Small Voice: Who are heroes, cowards in shootings?

by Lynn Mandaville A good guy with a gun. A bad guy with a gun. What do they have in common? A human being. And a lethal weapon. How shall…

Editor March 23, 2018