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Their ‘Finest Hours’: How the Coast Guard earns its pay
by Barry Hastings If you haven't read the book (or seen the movie) The Finest Hours, by Michael Touugias and Casey Sherman (Scribner paperback, 2015), run out and buy a…
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Army Bob: Down with the contrarians and secular progressives
Let’s talk about the contrarians and how gutless they are. A contrarian is a person who is against everything and for nothing. Contrarians hate our country but live here, they…
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Basura: Adventures in snorkeling, searching for manta rays
"Just to be here is so much." Rainer Maria Rilke, poet novelist On the Big Island of Hawai'i, in Kona, I signed up for a boat trip to snorkel with…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: A heartwarming and true gridiron tale
CBS News and Scott Pelley not long ago did a heartwarming, perky and positive story about a mentally challenged high school football player who was deliberately given a chance to…
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Ranger Rick: Humorous critique of millennials too accurate
I read an interesting humorous article about “Millennials” and the work rules they will enforce while in control of business. I realize this was somewhat a joke, but not far…
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Army Bob: Unpleasant thoughts in the wake of Milwaukee
A police shooting in Milwaukee is followed by a racially based riot; our left-wing friends tell us a police officer shooting an armed fleeing felon should cause a riot. The…
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Monday Moanin’: Asking public to name district pure gimmick
By Nick Krieger (@nckrieger) (From the "Fix the Mitten’ blog) By asking the public to develop a meaningless nickname for a new school district, the emergency manager proves yet again that…
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Barry Hastings: The threat of global warming is very real
by Barry Hastings (Writer's note: Since the writer of the report I summarized for you last week works at TheAmerican Enterprise Institute, readers should be aware that some of his…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Politically correct can cut both ways
Perhaps the most maligned two words in the English language these days is “politically correct.” It’s blamed for the deterioration of modern American society, for the rise of a totalitarian…
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Army Bob: Why I support Donald Trump for next president
Why do I want Mr. Donald Trump to be our next president? We are told the American people are fed up with the establishment candidates and that we are tired…