Whitney Ball was always outraged for the right reasons and could be counted on to add the choicest comments to the latest political or cultural atrocity. She was bright, opinionated, well informed, and dedicated to human liberty. She also was…

Professional wrestler and actor “Rowdy” Roddy Piper died in his sleep of a heart attack on Thursday night. He was 61. Although Piper’s wrestling career began in his teens in his native Canada, he would reach prominence in the mid-1980’s…

Country singer Lynn Anderson has died of a heart attack after being hospitalized with pneumonia. She was 67. Anderson is best known for her rendition of the Joe South penned “(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden” which topped both…

When I was growing up the draft was an ugly rite of passage for young men. During the 1960s and early 1970s getting a low lottery number could mean death in Vietnam. Nothing seemed likely to change in the midst…