Every group needs a black sheep
By John Silveira
Issue #74 • March/April, 2002
I used to play a lot of poker and I learned things about people that surprised me. They were things other than the "Know when to hold 'em,...
Freedom, guns, & boycotts
By Dave Duffy
Issue #71 • September/October, 2001
The other day I walked into my local Ace Hardware store and cancelled this magazine's longstanding account.
"How come?" Dan, the owner asked surprised. I had shopped there ever...
A history lesson from Ayn Rand
By Dave Duffy
Issue #44 • March/April, 1997
For the past several weeks I've been reading the Letters of Ayn Rand, which is a collection covering her letters from 1926, when she arrived in America from...
Training for the Boston Marathon
By Dave Duffy
Issue #92 • March/April, 2005
Ever get a wild idea in your head that just won't go away, and you start working on it like crazy? It happens to me all the time....
Do rural homeowners need guns for self-defense?
By Massad Ayoob
Issue #72 • November/December, 2001
Do rural homeowners need guns for self-defense? Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't, according to Ayoob's experience, but those who did never really knew they would until...
Remembering a decade of BHM
By Dave Duffy
Issue #61 • January/February, 2000
Deadline has just ended as I sit down to write this, the last remaining page of this issue. The staff has gone home, and, except for Silveira who...
Gulf War II opened the eyes of Americans to the UN and the media
By Dave Duffy
Issue #82 • July/August, 2003
How many of you were tightly tuned to the TV like I was during Gulf War II. I hope a lot because it was a great education. Not...
Paying for social security with worthless $
By Dave Duffy
Issue #117 • May/June, 2009
The year was 1976. I was 32 and writing a book about retirement planning with Tony Lamb, a noted 73-year-old activist who had taken up the cause of...
Something unsaid about Timothy McVeigh’s execution
By Dave Duffy
April 12, 2001
There's something unsaid about the coming Timothy McVeigh execution, scheduled for May 16. Many of us can feel it but are afraid to express it for fear of being labeled...
A government with not enough to do, but lots of hungry mouths to feed
By Dave Duffy
Issue #130 • July/August, 2011
Most people look in the wrong places for threats to society, and their perceptions are easily manipulated by the mass media, which is often spoon-fed its stories by...
How a high school band triumphed over a bureaucracy and union that tried to...
By Dave Duffy
Issue #141 • May/June, 2013
The Gold Beach High School Band now practices in
the BHM building, after being forced out of the school.
There are few victories sweeter in life than that of young...
Guns Save Lives Chapter 1: Point Blank
By Robert Waters
Issue #80 • March/April, 2003
"Why'd you shoot me, bitch?"
Last words of home invader Shaarod Profitt, September 18, 1998.
It was a cool fall evening in Little Rock, Arkansas, when Don Mosely heard...
Running your own business: a mother’s perspective
By Ilene Duffy
Issue #62 • March/April, 2000
When my middle son, Robby, was a baby, he had two seizures. After the second one the doctor informed me that I needed to get him to the...
The Runaway
By John Silveira
February 9, 2006
My kids are grown. But it didn't come about without a lot of frustration, tribulations, and laughs.
Runaways: What do you do with a six-year-old who threatens to run away?
One woman...
Our energy crisis Part 1 — It’s our creation, but we can fix it
By John Silveira
Issue #113 • September/October, 2008
It has been said the United States is a "carbon economy" meaning that our economy and standard of living depend on the availability of fossil fuels which include...
Reflecting on a life in the woods, and looking ahead
By Marjorie Burris
Issue #60 • November/December, 1999
It is a good life here on the old homestead. We've worked hard, and we are enjoying the fruits of our labor. It was tough digging the holes...
