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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: The Immigration Debate is Gone

It is a pleasure to announce that the immigration debate doesn’t exist. You may be surprise, but it is true. There is not now...

We Have Lost Our Moxie

Saul Alinsky, who died in 1972 at age 63, was the author of  Rules for Radicals published in 1971. His son, L. David Alinsky...

Orlando and Gun Violence

Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn) speaking recently from the Senate floor asked this question (in part), “What can  you do to make sure that Orlando...

Memorial Day and D-Day 2016

June 6, 1944 was the beginning of the end, or perhaps the end of the beginning of Hitler’s dreams of domination and activation of...

Memories of Hope and Change

Over the last few years, we have all heard complaints about the federal income tax code. Nothing notable has happened. The Post Office generates...

Why Government is a Volatile Enterprise

On May 19th, Vice President Joe Biden spoke at the National Urban League Legislative Policy Conference in Washington, District of Corruption. In his speech...