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Army Bob: Who’s educated, snowflake or paratrooper?
Words have meaning, titles and labels have meaning. American English as opposed to the king’s English or the British version of English, has words that are as vile as it…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Let’s lose drug- and gun-free zones
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…
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Ranger Rick: President keeps his opponents off balance
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…
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Barry Hastings: Russian nuke policy is playing with fire
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…
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Army Bob: Gotta love capitalism and a better mousetrap
Got to love capitalism. Watching the news, it appears that the new weapon of peaceful non-lethal protesters in both camps is pepper spray. In at least a dozen protests and…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: It wasn’t the same Troy Sevigny
Townbroadcast published its customary "Bygone Days" column this week that included a report of the expulsion of Troy Sevigny from Wayland High School for bringing a sawed-off shotgun and ammunition…
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Ranger Rick: The deplorables have brought U.S. a new day
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…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: They take advantage of our emotions
“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…
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Army Bob: Nancy Pelosi failed leader of hate Trump crowd
by Robert M. Traxler House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi made the following statement in referring to President Donald Trump’s nominating Judge Neil Gorsuch for the vacancy on the United States…
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Barry Hastings: Shades of Uncle Joe, Benito and Addie
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,…