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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…

Editor March 31, 2017

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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…

Editor March 30, 2017

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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.”…

Editor March 30, 2017

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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…

Editor March 28, 2017

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Ranger Rick: The economic times they are a-changing

Spring is just around the corner, so in the spirit of life beginning in a new growing season, I am disheartened to say good-bye to old friends, the likes we…

Editor March 28, 2017

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Yes It Is, It’s True: We ignore why middle class has declined

I wish I had a dime for every time in the last 30 years I’ve heard people bemoan America’s loss of the middle class. It would be even better if…

Editor March 25, 2017

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Army Bob: For health care, there’s time to do it right, over

by Robert M. Traxler Health care is a topic that is front and center in the media today. The American health care industry is overall the best in world, hands…

Editor March 24, 2017

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Ranger Rick: Lack of fiscal discipline has consequences

If I was a Jihad Johnny, I would be smiling now after two federal judges overruled President Trump’s immigration order. The order excluded some Middle East country immigrants from entering…

Editor March 21, 2017

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PSA test, catching disease early keys vs. prostate cancer

(The seventh in a series of columns about one man's battle against prostate cancer) by Robert M. Traxler Three months have passed since a simple blood test waved the red…

Editor March 20, 2017

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I don’t know if President Trump is a cocaine addict, but…

It’s hard to separate real news from fake news these days, but I can’t resist some scuttlebutt I came across in recent times. The Daily Caller two months ago reported,…

Editor March 18, 2017