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: Introspection to Intrepidity

Today’s column is about women. Ladies who did some pensive introspection and transformed their thoughts into actions of intrepidity. This means they did some...

DICK BAYNTON: Call Me Mr. Mayor

It is a testament to our present Mayor Sherman P. Lea, Sr. that he has high regard for simplicity, truth and a practical and...

DICK BAYNTON: Who is Uncle Sam?

The colloquial name ‘Uncle Sam’ is obviously taken from the first initials of ‘United States.’ However when many people think of Uncle Sam they...

Dick Baynton: 9/11/2001-19

The terrible events of the above date created a day of infamy (words borrowed from President Roosevelt when he announced the Pearl Harbor attacks...

DICK BAYNTON: Is Our Constitutional Republic at Risk?

As a nation, we are on the verge of losing our way of life as defined in the ‘Declaration of Independence’ as set forth...

DICK BAYNTON: The Real Meaning of “PC”

By now we all probably know that PC means ‘political correctness’ which in turn means that our language, our discourse, our culture is undergoing...