BY SHARON MARTIN It never occurred to me that a shotgun was anything but a necessary tool, on my grandfather’s ranch or on my small homestead. While I’m not prepared to give up my .410 when there are water moccasins that stray too far from the creek bank, I’ve begun to question my own beliefs. How…
BY GARY EDMONDSON The American Revolution inspired the world. Our founders proved false the ridiculous notion of the divine right rule of monarchs and the subjugation of colonies. The French spread our ideas and ideals throughout Europe – while being governed by a despot. The 19th Century saw the awakening of people to their right of…
BY JIM HIGHTOWER Early on Sunday morning, April 1, our Head Fool received a report from his most trusted intelligence source. “Small army of migrants marching toward the United States,” headlined his favorite show, Fox & Friends. The commander-in-chief wasted no time in responding to this imminent threat, reflexively trumpeting to his loyalists that a caravan of some…
BY MARK Y.A. DAVIES We can never make right what has been done to our indigenous siblings on this land, but we can never make it better unless we look straight into the eyes of the great evil that was done, denounce it for the evil that it is, and work for some meaningful justice…
BY DAVID PERRYMAN Hamburgers, hotdogs, homemade ice cream, and lots of time with cousins and the nighttime sky filled with fireworks marked my family’s annual celebration of the Declaration of Independence. The celebration was of not just any declaration. The document that was signed at great peril by 56 men from 13 colonies is formally…
