Dick Baynton

STUART REVERCOMB: We Will Greatly Miss The Indefatigable Dick Baynton

EDITOR'S UPDATE: Three days after sending the note that follows (March 17 - his last communication with us) Dick passed away while awaiting the possible surgery he mentions below. Per...

DICK BAYNTON: March Public Service Announcements

Following are two public service announcements that were forwarded to members of the ‘Big Lick...

DICK BAYNTON: Healthcare U.S.A.

The total cost of healthcare in the US was about 18% of GDP in 2019;...

DICK BAYNTON: Life and Death In Idlib Province, Syria

Syria, about the size of North Dakota with a population of about 17 million people...

DICK BAYNTON: Political Sophistry

Recently I heard one of the current band of presidential candidates whine that he had...

DICK BAYNTON: Let Freedom Ring

Both Democratic candidates for Virginia Governor recently spoke at a forum in Roanoke sponsored by the Virginia Education Association (VEA). These candidates seem to...

DICK BAYNTON: Have We Become Sidetracked?

On Friday, March 24th, Speaker Paul Ryan and President Trump removed the vote for the new healthcare law from the docket of the U.S....

DICK BAYNTON: Virtue, Morality, Patriotism & Politics

It has been noticed by millions of observers worldwide that although the debate over the U.S. Presidency went on for more than a year,...

DICK BAYNTON: The USA in Turmoil: Despair or Destiny

Every citizen of this great land called The United States of America should be outraged at the news that has been distributed on Thursday,...

DICK BAYNTON: Winning, Losing and the Nobility of Both

The fabric of our Democratic Republic that has existed since 1776 is becoming frayed and tattered. Our Constitution and other important segments of government...

DICK BAYNTON: Religion, Faith & Politics

By mid-2015, the world population had reached just over 7.2 billion people. World population increases at the rate of more than 227,000 each day;...