Columns/Editorials
January 25, 2019

Good To Hear! – By Mac Cordell

By Mac Cordell

Video has blame to go around
I have been fascinated this week as folks on the left and folks on the right have further entrenched themselves over a video. Actually, it is multiple videos.
The first video, about two minutes long, was shot Friday and began surfacing Saturday. In the video, Nick Sandman ...

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