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Favorite Quotes
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“Ask God for beneficial knowledge and seek refuge with God from knowledge that is of no benefit.”

—The Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings be upon him)
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last updated Dec. 14

Climate Catastrophe: Graphs & Commentary

(updated often)

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Rollaites for Peace

Rollaites for Peace has maintained weekly vigils for peace
at the Rolla Post Office for almost 14 years.
Vigils are on most Thursdays from Noon to 1 pm. Everyone is welcome to join us.
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Writings and Cartoons on COVID-19 Pandemic
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Who's on First?

(cartoon)

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Updated Sept. 1
 
Developing Herd Immunity:

(a modest proposal)
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(cartoon)
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Wealth and COVID-19: A Possible Correlation

(Updated Oct. 1)
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Waiting for Dr. Fauci

(cartoon)

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Is the COVID-19 Virus Mutating?
yet another indication
(last updated Oct. 2, 2020)
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The Lone Ranger meets the Coronavirus

(cartoon)

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Recent Writings on the COVID-19 Pandemic

(last updated Jan. 5)
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COVID-19 May Affect Atmospheric CO2

(research)
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Short Quotes for the Coronavirus Era
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This Medicinal Plant May Protect Against COVID-19 Infections
(humor)
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“Reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.”
—Richard P. Feynman
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“It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.”
—Benjamin Franklin
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“The mental boundaries we keep—between the human and the wild—are more porous than we may have ever imagined.”
—Gavin Van Horn
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Benjamin Franklin

first Postmaster General of the United States of America
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Benjamin
Franklin
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Famous Sayings of Benjamin Franklin
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“Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.”
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“We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.”
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“A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.”
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“There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.”
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Benjamin Franklin Brigade:

first demonstration in support of the United States Postal Service
at the Rolla, Missouri Post Office, August 22, 2020
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More Articles, Cartoons and Stuff
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May 2020
 
I'm still voting for Bernie
 
(image)
 
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last updated March 2020
 
Poems About My Favorite Creatures
 
(book)
 
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last updated March 2020
 
Grandpa Reads
 
(videos)
 
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2019
 
Poems Are Made by Fools Like Me
 
(two poems)
 
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December 2018
 
Christmas at the Border
 
(image)
 
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October 2018
 
The Climate and the Military
 
(talk at awards party)
 
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July 2018
 
How Global Warming Can Cause Earthquakes
 
(video)
 
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April 2018
 
The War Against Sex and Other Misbegotten Wars
 
(article)
 
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March 2018
 
Super Storm Stephanie Brings Global Warming
 
(cartoon)
 
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January 2018
 
Trumpzilla
 
(cartoon)
 
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October 2017
 
No Need For A Wall
 
(cartoon)
 
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August 2017
 
Our Indigestible
Sun
 
(slide show of eclipse)
 
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May 2017
 
Russian National Ballet Sleeping Beauty
 
(commemorative image)
 
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March 2017
 
Of Science and Marches
 
(article)
 
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September 2015
 
Gender Identity

(cartoon, myth & discussion)
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January 2015
 
A Cartoonist Must Die

(article and cartoon)
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July 2017
 
Great Quotes Illustrated:
Diana Beresford-Kroeger
 
(cartoon)
 
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December 2016
 
We Should Have Elected Bernie
 
(image)
 
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Earthday 2014
 
Plant a Tree For the Lorax

(video: Telling the Lorax story and playing the Lorax game.)
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March 2016
 
Buffoons of the World, Unite!
 
(open letter to Donald Trump)
 
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January 2016
 
Cruz Missile With Empty Warhead
 
(cartoon)
 
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December 2015
 
Who IS On First
 
(modernized comedy skit)
 
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November 2015
 
Of Empire, Terror & Climate Change
 
(article)
 
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September 2015
 
Gender Identity

(cartoon, myth & discussion)
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September 2015
 
Ahmed and the Magic Clock
 
(article)
 
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June 2015
 
The City of Rolla Doing What It Does Best
 
(cartoon)
 
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May 2015
 
Robert Wesley Nash
 
(In Memoriam)
 
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March 2015
 
Mirthright

(cartoon)
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February 2015
 
Keep the Internet Open
 
(cartoon)
 
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January 2015
 
A Cartoonist Must Die

(article and cartoon)
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December 2014
 
Torturers “R” Us

(article)
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December 2014
 
The Climate Watchman

(article)
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November 2014
 
Extinction
 
(poem)
 
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August 2014
 
Thoughts on Fred Reed's 8 questions on Evolution

(article)
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July 2014
 
Brant Shockley for
Phelps County Prosecutor
 
(cartoon)
 
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July 2014
 
Thoughts on Prop. A and Parks and Rec. Facilities

(article)
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June 2014
 
"No Fly" infringes
right to "do process"
 
(cartoon)
 
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May 2014
 
The Iraqi Genocide and the Veterans for Peace Iraq Water Project

(remarks at Vets for Peace memorial)
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March 2014
 
Why I Support Prop. A Rolla's Parks and Rec. Tax
 
(article)
 
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February 2014
 
Homage to George Orwell
 
(cartoon)
 
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January 2014
 
World's Greatest Dinosaur Museum
 
(cartoon)
 
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December 2013
 
Creation Science Explains the Seasons
 
(cartoon)
 
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December 2013
 
Nature Bats Last
 
(cartoon)
 
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December 2013
 
Thoughts on Evolution and the Duckbill Platypus
 
(cartoon and poems)
 
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July 2013
 
Float Missouri's Rivers
 
(cartoon)
 
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July 2013
 
George Zimmerman and Ezekiel Gilbert in a Bar
 
(cartoon)
 
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July 2013
 
No somos colonias estadounidenses
 
(cartoon)
 
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July 2013
 
Teachers, Are My Tests All Done?
 
(article)
 
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May 2013
 
Rollover Municipal Center gets new face — Donna Hawley's
 
(a Rollover 'n' Retch exclusive)
 
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March 2013
 
On Islam, Gender and Solidarity
 
(article)
 
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February 26, 2011
 
Photos
Save the American Dream Rally
Jefferson City, Missouri
 
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Dishonest Reporting
on Save the American Dream Rally from The Rolla Daily News
 
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February 6, 2011
 
Partial Birth Abortion
 (cartoon)
 
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January 26, 2011
 
LEAK THIS!
 (cartoon)
 
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January 17, 2011
 
Martin Luther King Day T-shirt Image
 
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January 3, 2011
 
Terrorist Tornado Strikes Fort Leonard Wood
 
(a Rollover 'n' Retch exclusive)
 
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December 2010
 
Tranportation Security Administration
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Bumper Stickers
and
T-shirt Images
Department of Homeland Security's Naked Power Grab Cartoons
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November 11, 2010
 
Happy Veterans Day, Agent Orange Victims
 
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November 2, 2010
 
Election Cartoons
 
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Puppy Mills
 
 
Vote for Wanda the Witch
 
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November 2, 2010
 
Vote  
 
Click thumbnail to see how women fought for the Right to vote 90 years ago
 
 
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October 3, 2010
 
Selective and Vindictive Prosecution
 
Click thumbnails to read letter to editor of the Rolla Daily News
 
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September, 2010
 
No More Casinos
 
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September, 2010
 
No More Nukes
 
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,
Article VI
 
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Summer 2010
 
Back to School Cartoons
 
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No Child's Left Behind
 
Test Congress, Not Schools
 
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July, 2010
RMU Cartoon Logo
 
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July, 2010
Rolla City Council Cartoon
 
City clerk, Carol Daniels, swears in Rolla's all white male mayor and council
 
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February 16, 2010
Slide Presentation:
 
Burnout Contests
are a
Health Hazard
to the residents of Rolla
 
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(A short version was presented at meeting of Rolla City Council)
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February 20, 2010
Rolla City Recycle Cartoon
 
Councilman Jim Williams meets Rolla's $5,000 inflatable 7-foot tall recycling superhero
 
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February 6, 2010
Hillary in Haiti Cartoon
 
Doctors Without Borders cargo plane carrying full hospital and staff blocked from landing in Haiti
 
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January, 2010
Rolla City Council Cartoon
 
Jimmy Rat and the Rolla City Council censure Donna and the alley cats
 
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Saturday, December 5, 2009
Christmas Peace Wish
from the Rolla Christmas Parade
 
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Friday, August 7, 2009
Sunshine Law, Secrecy, Accountability
and Open Government
 
(Response to Rolla City Council members Magdits and Spadoni)
Monday, August 3, 2009
Remarks Concerning Developers,
Churches and Substance Abuse
 
(presented at meeting of Rolla City Council and
appeared as Letter to Editor in the Rolla Daily News)
Monday, June 15, 2009
Comments on Resolution to Censure
Council Member Donna Hawley  
(Presented at meeting of Rolla City Council)
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Of Taxation and Tea Parties
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Testimony Before the Missouri State Senate
Against SB228 (Construction Work In Progress)
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Open Letter to Rolla City Councilman Rick Morris
Friday, April 25, 2008
Open Letter to Rolla
City Councilman Lou Magdits
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Open Letter to Dwayne Cartwright,
General Manager, Intercounty Electric Cooperative
 
(Re: Electric Power Issues)
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Don't be manipulated into a war against Iran
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
What does Rolla need to grow economically?
 
(appeared in Rolla Daily News)
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Columnist's potpourri: Tying up some loose ends
 
(appeared in Rolla Daily News)
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Rolla should not become another Kirkwood
 
(an edited version appeared in the Rolla Daily News)
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Rolla residents should be proud of their library
 
(appeared in the Rolla Daily News)
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Sager Endorses Ron Paul in Feb. 5 Primary
 
(appeared in the Rolla Daily News)
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
'War is Coming Home' to roost in our lives
 
(appeared in the Rolla Daily News)
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
What has happened to the election process?
 
(appeared in the Rolla Daily News)
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Great Rivers Environmental Law Center
sues to protect Taum Sauk
 
(appeared in the Rolla Daily News)
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Of Walgreens and Highway 72
 
(appeared in the Rolla Daily News)
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Rolla's Story of the Year: Buehler Park
 
(appeared in the Rolla Daily News)
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
'Christmas in the Trenches'
 
(appeared in the Rolla Daily News)
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
World leaders fiddle, while the Earth burns
 
(appeared in the Rolla Daily News)
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Musings of a misfit mathematician:
Of straw dogs and veterans
 
(appeared in the Rolla Daily News)
Tuesday, April 22 (Earthday), 2007
Three Murderous Myths:
An Exploration of War and Empire
 
(34 page article on peace and justice)
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