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Position: Guest Column I am certain that to some of my readers that wont be a revelation; perhaps you are wondering why my acknowledging it to
As I write this, Mitt Romney has amassed enough delegates to be declared the Republican nominee for president. While there is happiness in the Republican world, I am not rejoicing. There is no...
DATE: June 6, 2012 | COLUMN: Larry Tradlener
In Unconventional Warfare I talked about a Chinese Peoples Liberation Army book that described five methods used by the Chinese to destroy Americas economy. Their tactics involved spending huge...
DATE: May 10, 2012 | COLUMN: Larry Tradlener
We have just returned from a trip to California, visiting our newest grandchild. That trip brought us face to face with $5 gallon gas prices. When we returned, we sorted through three weeks of mail...
DATE: April 12, 2012 | COLUMN: Larry Tradlener
I have never been accused of letting a sleeping dog lie. The recent exchange of niceties makes that description appropriate. My column highlighted a troubling trend in America. I did not propose...
DATE: March 29, 2012 | COLUMN: Larry Tradlener
I must commend Ned Harper for his well-written and civil response to my Maggies Drawers column. His civility is in stark contrast to the current state of our presidential candidates race. He...
DATE: March 15, 2012 | COLUMN: Larry Tradlener
A few weeks back there were a series of articles that gave us a bleeding heart’s perspective of The Bridge Emergency Shelter and its denizens. Never a shrinking violet with my opinions, permit me...
DATE: March 1, 2012 | COLUMN: Larry Tradlener
The handwriting is on the wall!Allow me to direct your minds to the Old Testament, Book of Daniel, chapter 5 and this famous phrase. The Bible tells the story of the Babylonian king Belshazzar, the...
DATE: Feb. 16, 2012 | COLUMN: Larry Tradlener
Im sure that title brings nostalgic lumps to the throats of veterans. For the non-veterans, Maggies Drawers is the term the Marine Corps and probably all military uses on the rifle range for a...
DATE: Feb. 2, 2012 | COLUMN: Larry Tradlener
A number of years ago an artist began painting pictures that had hidden animals. If you were just casually viewing the art, it appeared to be a picture of the woods, a stream or some other scene....
DATE: Jan. 7, 2012 | COLUMN: Larry Tradlener
I have been watching the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) demonstrations and I was baffled by their demands. They ignored our Veterans Day Parade and demonstrated against the financial system instead....
DATE: Dec. 8, 2011 | COLUMN: Larry Tradlener
Our current economic and cultural malaise reminds me of the great comedian Henny Youngman. Henny was a vaudevillian and kept us laughing through the radio and television era. I remember him...
DATE: Nov. 24, 2011 | COLUMN: Larry Tradlener
The overwhelming defeat of Proposition 103 (63.5 percent no, 36.4 percent yes); and the local Referendum 3A (56.2 percent no, 43.8 percent yes) has signaled our awakening to the fallacy of throwing...
DATE: Nov. 10, 2011 | COLUMN: Larry Tradlener
