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Barry Hastings: The Fighting Coo Goo — ‘Semper Paratus’
At the end of summer 2015, there were 1.25 million Americans under arms. Many are fighting, or training others to do so, in most of the world’s worst pest-holes…
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The awful truth may be that we don’t want to handle the truth
“In war, truth is the first casualty.” — Aeschylus, Greek tragic dramatist (525 BC - 456 BC) “In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary…
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Army Bob: New gun laws will be all symbolism, no substance
The call for gun control is once again loud and not so clear. The liberal media has its panties in a bunch once again and is making calls for more…
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Ranger Rick: We need guns in our schools? Tell me it ain’t so!
The most recent controversy befalling a Republican candidate, Dr. Ben Carson, concerning his answering a question about the recent slayings in Oregon at Umpqua Community College. Dr. Carson said he…
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Army Bob: So let’s get this nasty business of Bergdahl over with
Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier who deserted his post in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held captive by various enemy groups until exchanged for five general-officer level enemy detainees, is…
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Monday Moanin’: Some teachers mad as hell, not taking it any more
By JeffreyLSalisbury@gmail.com Owing to spending parts of four decades in education, I follow with some interest "VAMboozled!" a blog by Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, notably because she is spot-on when it comes…
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Barry Hastings: August 1986, and a big wind at Nantucket
(Author's note: This true story was originally written on Aug. 20, 1986, less than 24 hours after the event occurred. Every word is fact.) I woke with a start as…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Media hype sometimes trumps the truth
This is a true story about two instances in which broadcast media hyper-ventilated, got carried away and sacrificed the truth for what was thought to be a good story. I…
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Democracy Tree: State politicians wined and dined by lobbyists
This year’s first SNAP Report from the Michigan Campaign Finance Network is a who’s-who of Lansing lawmakers. Lobbyists fed Michigan’s elected officials like so much foie gras destined for the…
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Army Bob: Hillary’s record on halting spread of nukes not good
Perhaps the greatest foreign policy blunder in the history of the world was on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s watch. A very broad statement, but in my experience with third…