Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
— Freethought San Marcos: A column by LAMAR W. HANKINS When a high government official blatantly lies in testimony before Congress, it is rare that we learn of the lie as quickly as we did this past week. Sometimes, such misconduct takes decades to be revealed. But thanks to whistle-blower Edward Snowden, who once worked
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
— Freethought San Marcos: A column by LAMAR W. HANKINS This Memorial Day my thoughts went back to about ten years ago, when I learned as close to first-hand as one can get, short of being in...
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
— Freethought San Marcos: A column by LAMAR W. HANKINS Sometimes the marvelous English language with its quarter of a million words fails to capture adequately in one word the character of a person or action. Such...
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
— Freethought San Marcos: A column by LAMAR W. HANKINS There should be no question that George W. Bush is the first to charge for the shame of Guantánamo. But now President Obama, the Congress, and...
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
— Freethought San Marcos: A column by LAMAR W. HANKINS I had a talk with my old friend Wayne the other day. We hadn’t seen each other for a while, so we had a lot of catching...
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
— Freethought San Marcos: A column by LAMAR W. HANKINS Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) noted critically this past week that most members of the mass media gave no coverage or gave short shrift to...
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
— Freethought San Marcos: A column by LAMAR W. HANKINS — While the safety and welfare of the public should be the minimal standard to judge the actions of politicians, recent events and public debates demonstrate the...
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
— Freethought San Marcos: A column by LAMAR W. HANKINS “Now a petty, narcissistic, pridefully ignorant politics has come to dominate and paralyze our government, while millions of people keep falling through the gaping hole that has...
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
— Freethought San Marcos: A column by LAMAR W. HANKINS For most of my life, the NRA (National Rifle Association) has seemed inconsequential to me. But in the last few years, I have become more interested in...
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
— Freethought San Marcos: A column by LAMAR W. HANKINS The recent unveiling of a monument to honor Vietnam veterans at the Texas state capitol in Austin rekindled my memories about President Lyndon Baines Johnson – known...