This former West Virginia coal miner-turned-sheriff has had enough of the epidemic. He’s baptized, coached, arrested, sentenced and buried too many neighbors and friends. McDowell County, W.VA.—Martin West is the blue-eyed, gravelly-voiced, crew-cut…
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Parents across California have been left unaware when schools begin treating their children as a different gender during the school day.
Mar 03 26March 03, 2026
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Listen to this article When the Major League Baseball 2025 All-Star Game kicks off tonight, fans of the three teams
Jul 15 25July 15, 2025
The rising stars of the science fiction and fantasy genre from around the globe gather in Los Angeles for the 33rd annual celebration of L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers and Illustrators of the Future contest.
May 24 17May 24, 2017
Today, on the day after, the sun rose. The birds chirped. And so I feel like a kid again! I’m a kid in my almost totally white suburban small hometown. Dad went to work every day, Mom stayed home and kept having kids. In the few hours a week she had…
Nov 09 16November 09, 2016
The man turned 90 this week. THE man. Chuck Berry. Maybelline. Johnny Be Good. Roll Over Beethoven. RocknRoll icon Chuck Berry, the very first man inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, turned 90 years old without much fanfare, other than to…
Oct 20 16October 20, 2016
It’s only been a couple of weeks since this one story was all anyone was talking about. Of course, a lot of things have happened since then. In this 24-hour news cycle we live in, breaking news sometimes lasts less than 24 hours in our consciousness,…
Jun 26 16June 26, 2016
One of the best Halloween nights of my life was also absolutely the worst. I’ve always loved Halloween. Growing up in the Northeast, the seasonal changes meant any costume was probably not going to keep you warm enough. Entire neighborhoods were…
Oct 30 15October 30, 2015
Last week, I took a stand, for what I believe in. I took down one flag, and put up another. I was trying to pledge my allegiance — to a team. And in doing so, I was reminded of the time my sons saved my life. Let me explain. I fly flags — not just…
Oct 21 15October 21, 2015
I can still hear it … It was a tight game, with a lot on the line. And they came at him. Maybe they just picked that play, or maybe they decided to test the kid who had sat out more than half of last season as a result of a knee injury. Either way,…
Sep 22 15September 22, 2015
L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers and Illustrators of the Future contest launches the successful careers of new generations of creative thinkers, artists and illustrators.
May 07 15May 07, 2015
We’ve all seen a child waiting in a doctor’s office, at an airport, or in a restaurant, who can’t seem to sit still. They seem agitated, frustrated—and may even act in a way you deem inappropriate.
Apr 07 15April 07, 2015
The number of Americans who haven’t read a single book in the previous year has tripled since 1978. Intellectual Armageddon, or enlightenment redefined for the digital age?
Mar 05 15March 05, 2015
The quintessential American family — the Cleavers from Leave It To Beaver. Hugh Beaumont and Tony Dow as Ward and Wally Cleaver. Photo is screen shot from YouTube video. Kids don’t know everything. Surprise! They have questions. Sometimes, they keep…
Jun 25 14June 25, 2014
My teenage sons often point out to me how little I know about their world. Sometimes that makes me smile to myself. Most of the time, I just laugh in their face. But I get it. When I was a teenager, I was pretty sure my dad knew NOTHING about my…
Jun 15 14June 15, 2014
Photo above: Screen shot from YouTube video of The Who at the Isle of Wight Music Festival, 1970. Was it last Friday when my bright and precocious five-year-old walked out of his last day of pre-school, wearing a Hawaiian shirt, and a paper crown? He…
Jun 07 14June 07, 2014
Hope you had a great Memorial Day weekend. Mine was great, and crappy. My next door neighbors moved out on Friday. Nice couple, kids grown and long-gone. I liked them a lot, but it was a good move for them. They’re going to a smaller place that’s…
May 27 14May 27, 2014
According to the 31 emails a day I’ve been receiving from ProFlowers, Teleflorist and Shari’s Berries — and the commercials I’ve seen from Kay Jeweler’s, this Sunday is Mother’s Day — in case you hadn’t heard. By the way, aren’t cards part of the…
May 10 14May 10, 2014
Have you ever been on the job and something went well? Come on, it could happen … No, I mean, where you did something so right that you wish someone would turn around, see what you just did, and cry out, “Hey, nice job! That was really great!” Or you…
May 01 14May 01, 2014
On Sunday morning, right after church, a woman I barely know suggested I run naked around my house all week. This is not the church in the story, it’s the Mission San Diego de Alcala, a nice Catholic church nonetheless. (Photo via Wikipedia) We were…
Apr 16 14April 16, 2014
Photo above: Kurt Cobain, October 3, 1992 at the Sam Carver Gymnasium, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA Photo by ManWithoutTies via Flickr This week, at a generally raucous but occasionally solemn event in New York, the band Nirvana was…
Apr 14 14April 14, 2014
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