Tag Archives: for the children

“It’s fa the chilluns, ya see?”

Courtesy of the WaPo and Paradigm’s Five Bullets newsletter, we have to share this with our readers. Both for the courage of a mom and a young boy, but because of the exhibition of government stupidity and the perversion of … Continue reading

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A justified nanny state? Part 2

Read part 1 here: a commentary by Margaret Figert. Over the past weekend, I drove though one of the emptier parts of Wyoming and Utah, passing by Flaming Gorge Reservoir, a spectacular area built decades ago under the jurisdiction of … Continue reading

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A justified nanny state? Part 1

This is a guest column. Margaret Figert is a retired publisher (conservative-somewhat-libertarian politically) in South Dakota and Nebraska.  I am reposting some of her column without any comments, just remarks in an afterword in the next column. This follows up … Continue reading

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It’s about the children – get rid of gravel trucks!

By Nathan Barton As part of my environmental work, I subscribe to Aggregates Manager, whose daily newsletter carried an article this morning about a fatality in Texas. A gravel truck tee-boned a vehicle with four people, injuring three and killing … Continue reading

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It’s for the children…

By Nathan Barton Child abuse is a serious, deadly problem in this country.  Consider this: Not long ago, a NINE year old killed himself in Denver. He was bullied because he decided (and announced) that he was homosexual.  (Or maybe … Continue reading

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