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: Sheriff Mike Brown – Law Enforcement Plus
The approximately 80,000 Bedford County residents didn’t quite know what they were getting when they voted for Michael J. Brown as Sheriff in 1995.
Brown...
DICK BAYNTON: A Triumph of The Human Spirit
Today’s column is about a world famous person who you may have never heard of; her name is Ayaan Hirsi Ali who was born...
DICK BAYNTON: Perception, Conception & Deception
Here’s an explanation of today’s column: A judge in a western state where we lived once upon a time told me this: ‘In court...
DICK BAYNTON: From Slavery to Scientific Renown
George Washington Carver was born in January 1864 into slavery in Diamond, MO. His parents were Mary and Giles who were ‘purchased’ as slaves...
DICK BAYNTON: Immigration Reality Check
If a person breaks into a bank, law enforcement officials hunt down the perpetrator, incarcerate that person while gathering evidence, conduct interrogations and finally...
DICK BAYNTON: The Uneducated Tycoon
Born in Freeport, IL Kenneth E. Behring was raised from age 4 in the small town of Monroe, Wisconsin. He died in June at...
