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Army Bob: Truth indeed is a casualty of civil wars
Sarin gas was used in the Syrian civil war. As our own civil war will attest, civil wars are the most vicious. In ours, 2% of the entire nation died,…
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Ranger Rick: The musings of a right-wing deplorable
There are several things that bother me, and should you, in terms of judicial confirmation,education and local government. • Judicial – The senate confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch has been…
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Army Bob: Let’s legalize, tax and regulate marijuana
Let’s talk about the use of medical marijuana. The American Cancer Society reports, “Smoked marijuana delivers THC and other cannabinoids to the body, but it also delivers harmful substances to…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: A look at ‘Hail Mary’ prayers answered
In baseball, it’s the walk-off hit or walk-off homer. In football, it’s the “Hail Mary” pass. In basketball, it’s the buzzer-beater. All of them represent some of the most thrilling…
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Ranger Rick: It’s time – past time really, to celebrate!
Based on majority of contributing writers to this “rag” (author’s description, not mine), they are unhinged about the Trump victory in November and subsequent time in the White House. I…
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Barry Hastings: Where in hell are we Americans going?
By Barry Hastings "It is sad, to paraphrase the Tweeter in Chief himself, that Washington is now a city of avoidance, denial and deception." Thus wrote E.J. Dionne of the…
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Basura: Is Dick Cheney right that meddling is ‘act of war?’
“This life’s hard, but it’s harder if you’re stupid.” — George V. Higgins, The Friends of Eddie Coyle Dick Cheney served Ronald Reagan as Secretary of Defense. Later, when George…
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Army Bob: Judge’s ruling goes against free speech
by Robert M. Traxler A federal judge in Hawaii, Judge Derrick Watson, struck down President Donald Trump’s ban on immigrants from six predominantly Muslim countries. These countries have a track…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Rebuttal from a Mr. George L. Deemer
A friend of mine (yes, I have friends) recently told me he took umbrage with comments made last Tuesday in Ranger Rick’s column titled, “The Economic Times They are a-Changing.”…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Too many used fame to sell records
“You know, when I first got into the rock & roll business, I could barely even play the changes to this song on my, on my guitar. But now I'm…