From the March 13, 1924 Campbell County Record:Roy Lease was shot and almost instantly killed on Sunday afternoon by George Burgen, about 45 miles north of this place. Lease was a cowboy and Burgen … more

WASHINGTON — The Defense of Marriage Act is an exception to the rule that a law’s title is as uninformative about the law’s purpose as the titles of Marx Brothers movies … more

The recent rape conviction of two teenagers, one of whom also distributed a photo and sent cruel text messages about their victim, has captured the “bystander effect” in graphic and … more

From the March 13, 1924 Campbell County Record: Wm. D. Hooper, president, and A.L. Barnes, secretary and tresaurer of the United Home Building Association, have been arrested on a charge of using the … more

On the U.S. and MexicoFrom the March 15 Houston Chronicle:We’ve all seen the headlines. They’re as gruesome and disturbing as any in the world, and they’re all the more disturbing … more

“How cool was that?” I said. I actually said it out loud to myself — “How cool was that?” As an ominous winter storm bore down on the city a while back, I, much like the kids at … more

I have been watching the Republican CPAC activities on TV and wonder if other folks see the incongruity of people who work for the government slamming this same government. Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. … more

Many speak of Gen X and Gen Y as “lost generations” destined to “not live as well” as their parents. A new Urban Institute study finds that young people up to the age of 40 … more