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We are living in a world where pampered children believe their sexual preferences, gender dysfunction, or skin color is a hardship that should allow them automatic entrance into the school of their choice. A recent poll at Brown University, an Ivy League school, revealed that 38% of the students did not identify as straight. This…
mark.young@manateeherald.com Jack Smith, the so-called “special” counsel that is now bringing official allegations against President Donald Trump regarding some alleged role in the Jan. 6 protests, is a puppet. It’s actually a shame that a man that has spent his professional career with a respectable amount of integrity was forced by this Biden administration to…
mark.young@manateeherald.com As I spend some of my 58th birthday with you, I have decided to share something that only the closest people around me have known about. I consider those of you who take the time to spend these visits with me, as among my dearest friends and loved ones. That’s just how much I…
Religious zealots never let facts get in the way of what they believe. These zealots have a certain dogma which guides their life and they choose to follow it no matter what the cost. Most of the time this behavior only affects their own life. Sometimes when they attempt to force their beliefs on others…
mark.young@manateeherald.com I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wanted to award the dumbest liberal of the week prize, but I lose count on a daily basis to really narrow it down. So even though this week has been filled once again with dumb liberal statements, I’ll give it a go knowing that some liberal,…
mark.young@manateeherald.com Sounds offensive, doesn’t it? It made me cringe even writing that headline, but I have my reasons in this week’s latest episode regarding the spread of leftist lunacy in America – and beyond. Church of England Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell told prominent Anglican Church leaders recently that saying, “Our Father,” in the oldest…
Kevin Van Ostenbridge( affectionately known as KVO) has set a record for money raised in a Manatee County Commission campaign. KVO was elected in November of 2020 and represents District 3 which includes West Bradenton, Terra Ceia, Snead Island, Cortez and our barrier islands. KVO hit the ground running in 2020 and has not slowed…
mark.young@manateeherald.com I’m a big fan of Vikings. Not the Minnesota Vikings. As a Giants fan, we have a history of bad playoff blood. I only liked the Vikings one year while Brett Farve was there, but solely because I was hoping Farve could humiliate the Packers, which didn’t happen. And I only disliked the Packers…
The Supreme Court recently ruled that the race-based college admissions policies at the University of North Carolina and Harvard University are not constitutional. The Court determined that the policies of these schools violated the 14th Amendment. For years these schools denied admission to Asians who had much higher test scores in favor of minority students….
