WASHINGTON — The gun-lobby goons were at it again.The National Rifle Association’s security guards gained notoriety earlier this year when, escorting NRA officials to a hearing, they were … more

From the April 5, 1951 News Record:Lee Wilkinson suffered a broken knee and broken left wrist in a car accident 5 miles west of Lead, S.D., last Friday evening when a Jeep driven by Dallas Rust left … more

On the Atlanta cheating scandalFrom the April 3 Los Angeles Times:If a student cheats on an important test, such as a midterm, he is punished, and rightly so. His teacher doesn’t merely brush … more

There are few things sadder than the “climate denier.” He ignores the data and neglects the latest science. His rhetoric and policy proposals are dangerously disconnected from reality. He … more

CAMDEN, S.C. — It isn’t often that one gets to hear both the strains of “Dixie” and an African drum concert in the same public square. Nor, usually, are statue unveilings the … more

From the April 4, 1940 News Record:CHEYENNE — Stanley Lantzer, 38-year-old wife slayer condemned to die in Wyoming’s lethal gas chamber on April 29, will get his last chance in a … more

The City Council members who voted to keep the water restrictions after the Madison Pipeline is done did the right thing. I don’t know of any community in the arid western states that do not … more

I am a hunter and gun owner who is concerned about gun laws. When I lived in Kenya, their gun laws required gun owners to submit to background checks and register their guns, to demonstrate their … more