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One of the first attempts by the government to reduce cigarette smoking amongst the populace occurred about 40 years ago with a couple of laws, one laughably ineffective and the…

The recent uproar over what warrant the FISA court allowed to tap phones or data lines in the Donald Trump organization during the presidential campaign is a joke. When asked…

by Barry Hastings Never believe a man who's always telling you to "Believe me." The Sunday morning news/talk shows on all the major (believable) networks were 85 percent Trump and…

Now that the political dust has somewhat settled, and with all the consternation and hand-wringing by the Democrats about Donald Trump’s win, they are still asking themselves “what the hell…

“Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” — British philosopher Samuel Johnson, 1775. These were harsh words from a great 18th century thinker and philosopher, but they become relevant…

by Barry Hastings That's Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini and Adolph Hitler, who all began their dictatorial and murderous regimes by undermining, then destroying the free press in their respective nations,…

To those who claim skeptics of Global Warming or Global Climate Change are kooks, nuts or any other words of derision, let me remind you what “science” is, and the…