Moscow pastor agrees with Trump on Charlottesville tragedy
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
There has never been a multi-racial society which has existed
with such mutual intimacy and harmony in the history of the world.
—Douglas Wilson, …
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
There has never been a multi-racial society which has existed
with such mutual intimacy and harmony in the history of the world.
—Douglas Wilson, …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Right off the bat, I’ll say that I have never been a fan of Donald Trump. I never watched his TV show, I never stayed …
By Christian Rose
Reader Contributor
The American left is becoming increasingly insufferable. Eight years of Barack Obama’s stewardship of the fundamental progressive reshaping of our political landscape, cultural identity, and …
By Scarlette Quille
Reader Columnist
One of the many creatures residing in my home is a cat. Her name is Maple. She is an orange ball of hell fury. She …
By Nick Gier
Reader Columnist
The sealed border was not just at the 38th parallel, but everywhere,
in each person’s heart, blocking the past and choking off the future…
By Tony Lewis
Reader Contributor
First of all, climate is ALWAYS changing. That is a FACT!
Let’s review a couple of things about climate. There are many variables to it, …
By Tim Henney
Reader Contributor
The following is an unabridged journal of a conversation with my visiting kid brother, the late Christopher Clark Lewis, commuting on the Long Island Railroad …
Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
I’m not going to lie, my initial instruction with this article was to highlight the effects of climate change in our area. I got 500 words …
By Dianne Smith
Reader Columnist
“A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.”
— Robert Quillen
The secret to a good marriage is an interesting question, and if …
By Louie de Palma
Reader Road Warrior
People often find themselves in my cab telling me their strange stories. They talk about how the road brought them to me, how …
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