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Rick Townley
Mar 8, 20133 min read
The Backstory: zero tolerance and Pop-Tarts
The real epidemic in America is the rise of stupidity. Political correctness, zero tolerance rules followed to the absurd and ill-advised...
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Rick Townley
Jan 4, 20133 min read
The Backstory: the fiscal cliff crisis as TV drama
Let’s face it, television during holiday seasons is really boring. Even with several hundred channels to choose from, there still seems...
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Rick Townley
Dec 17, 20123 min read
The Backstory: insensitive anti-gun lobbyists
When writing for a public forum like the Washington Times Communities we are expected to apply proper decorum to our words and thoughts,...
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Rick Townley
Dec 13, 20122 min read
The Backstory: truth in advertising and faux status
There is actually quite a bit of truth in today’s WTC story. I do drive a small sports car, I enjoy the back roads of Alabama, Florida...
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Rick Townley
Dec 6, 20122 min read
The Backstory: the UN and “rights” of the disabled
The story about the UN treaty on the disabled caught my attention because I am disabled. That’s not a well-known fact and I don’t make a...
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Rick Townley
Dec 3, 20122 min read
The Backstory: fiscal cliff or lack of leadership?
I tried to stay out of this whole fiscal thing, I really did. Economic issues can be interesting, but not a few weeks into the Christmas...
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Rick Townley
Nov 14, 20122 min read
The Backstory: Petraeus and his (not so) little scandal
November 14, 2012 – Today’s WTC column about Gen. David Petraeus makes fun of men and their affairs, but the situation with Petraeus...
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Rick Townley
Feb 24, 20112 min read
Point of View
“Nothing is beautiful from every point of view.” Horace, Roman poet, 65bc-8bc As you can guess, sometimes it’s hard to find funny things...
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