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Democracy Tree: Trump’s deplorable flying moneys
by Amy Kerr Hardin “I’m getting threats and everything else from some of his supporters. I’m getting them all day long — now they’re kicked up a notch.” — Chuck…
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Ranger Rick: The wit and wisdom of Thomas Sowell
One of the most influential and popular economists and common-sense economic writers of the 20th and 21st centuries is Thomas Sowell. He recently retired from writing at the age of…
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Barry Hastings: As new year begins, our slide continues
By Barry Hastings Happy New Year... and let's tip one to the biggest horse's petutes ever elected to the America presidency, and, probably, the most likely to be impeached during…
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Army Bob: Socialist left was the big loser in the election
If you lived overseas, one of the things you learned is just how complex and dynamic a language American English is. One of the things difficult for English language learners…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: I understand I’ve been lied to all my life
“As I get older, after much careful research, after critical thinking, the more I have come to understand I’ve been lied to all my life.” — David T. Young My…
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Ranger Rick: Good riddance to President Barack Obama
Last night, I was watching clown TV (NBC - Nobody But Clowns) national news and saw Secretary of State John Kerry. I have one question for him — "how long…
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Barry Hastings: Cuba Libre´ Part II, the missile crisis in 1962
by Barry Hastings In the summer of 1962, New York's U.S. Senator Kenneth Keating was growing concerned by stories reaching him from Cuban refugees who'd recently fled their homeland…
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Basura: The joy of investigating and solving a mysterious noise
“Thank you for your wine, California” — The Rolling Stones, Exile on Main Street I was sitting at home, in the den, yesterday afternoon, reading. My lovely and talented wife was…
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Army Bob: Muslim world struggles with its own divisions
by Robert M. Traxler The ISIS/ISIL/DAESH Islamic terrorists have taken a dose of reality; weapons of mass destruction are not limited to explosives, aircraft or automatic weapons. Attacks in Berlin…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Co-workers, bosses and employees
I’ve worked for, beside and supposedly been the boss of plenty of people in my lifetime, but there are some in the now nearly extinct field of journalism who were…