• Saying No to ‘Pro-life’

    West Career and Technical Academy junior Angelique Clark of Las Vegas, Nevada, says the school’s banned her pro-life club ‘Students for Life,” while allowing a Gay-Straight Alliance club. So she’s suing the school for violating her right to free speech. When Clark asked to start the club in December of 2014, school officials dragged their…

  • Life Lesson #24

    Stop following the path of least resistance. Life is not easy, especially when you plan on achieving something worthwhile. Don’t take the easy way out. Do something extraordinary.

  • The Instructions

    “Roger,” the deputy answered, “Both the coroner and a recovery team.” He looked down at the body, having seen this before. The lifeless form of a human being, a man in this case, still clothed, blackened, shriveled and desiccated – another case of death by thirst. He joined the rancher, who had found the man,…

  • ‘Safer’ by the Dozen

    First, there were the five Taliban commanders traded for the traitor, Bowe Bergdahl. Now President Obama has quietly “repatriated a dozen detainees from a small U.S. military prison in Afghanistan…” In a letter to Congress, Obama informed lawmakers that 38 non-Afghan prisoners remained at the Parwan Detention Center outside of Kabul. Meanwhile, a Frenchman, a…

  • Hillary’s Scapegoat

    Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton’s most trusted confidante, is increasingly becoming a central figure in the presidential wannabe’s email scandal. Clinton recently told a federal judge that Abedin had her own email account on the server, “which was used at times for government business.” Classified materials with national security implications are to be stored in such…

  • When Tithing is a Demand

    A 92-year-old woman’s been kicked out of her of church after 50-years. Josephine King received a letter from the First African Baptist Church in Bainbridge, Georgia, saying she couldn’t attend because she wasn’t tithing. The letter, signed by Senior Pastor Derrick Mike, says King can’t “participate in any engagements (or) worship opportunities” because of “non-support…in…

  • Why Tymaine Sellman Matters

    Tymaine Sellman was shot to death in December 2014. His shooting happened long before current the unrest over the death of Freddie Gray. Police said the 19-year-old Black man died at a local hospital after being shot multiple times. So far, no one’s been arrested in connection with his murder. If #BlackLivesMatter really mattered, you…

  • Restoring Cuban Relations

    Fidel Casto celebrated his 89th birthday by arguing the U.S. must pay for damages caused by our embargo of his nation. The old dictator didn’t say how much we owe; however, in January 2015 he did demand Naval Base Guantanamo Bay be handed over. “Cuba is owed compensation equivalent to damages, which total many millions…

  • Former HSU Football Player Drowns

    Contra Costa County Deputy Sheriff Carlos Francies, a former Humboldt State University football player, died in an accidental drowning at South Lake Tahoe, August 13. He saw his sister and her male friend fall in the water and begin to struggle. While Francies was able to save them, he failed to reach the shore, sinking…

  • Murder on McLemore Court

    It was around 11:30 Saturday night, April 25, 2015, when shots rang out at a home on McLemore Court in Spanish Springs. As the gun smoke cleared, two men lay dead at the foot of the drive. Detectives say the residents of the home claim they heard a disturbance outside and when checking on it,…