Retiring teacher, coach urges Colony grads to ‘find their 68’
By Jeremiah Bartz Frontiersman.com A football coach using a hockey reference as the centerpiece for his keynote address may
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Atticus Finch vs. Atticus Finch
Harper Lee’s shocking revelation in Go Set a Watchman offers us an extraordinary learning opportunity. Set 20 years after
The perils of preferred reality
By Charles D. Hayes The universe is visibly menacing. Our lives were made possible only because of freakish cosmic catastrophes.
Self-assertiveness vs. submissiveness
By Charles D. Hayes When flipping through the cable TV channels, it’s not unusual to find a pride of
More than disappointed, try mad as hell
We have a saying in the army: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Apparently someone doesn’t
‘Knowing what you know today...’
By Chuck Legge I, like a previous president, spent the Vietnam War in the reserves. That is to say, I
‘Can’t we all just get along?’
By Chuck Legge The title of this piece is a quote from Rodney King, a black man whose beating by
Are we worthy of military’s sacrifices?
Any country that can’t see to it that all of its citizens have adequate health care without constant whining
Sen. Sullivan, you should have known better
By Daniel D. Grota This past Monday was a stunner. Not as in a stunning beauty, or as in stunning
‘American Sniper’ takes on democracy
By Charles D. Hayes Whether intended or not, one of the most successful war movies in decades very subtly makes
Dawn brings enlightenment to Ceres
Deep in the asteroid belt an object 590 miles in diameter flies in orbit of the sun. This “minor planet”
Developing bias is what brains do
By Charles D. Hayes A primary function of the human brain is to record an accurate snapshot of reality so
The Senate and climate change
As I was getting ready to swing down to palmer for my Thursday volunteer time at KVRF in Palmer, I