Independent Sentinel
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The Sentinel aggregates news, opinion, analysis, factual and original writing, mostly political, right-of-center, for a Conservative, Libertarian, and Republican audience.
We want to present the news that the mainstream tends to ignore from a right-of-center perspective.
The Sentinel searches for the truth. If you find an error, please get in touch with us at sara@independentsentinel.com
Maura Dowling, BA, MS, MA, PD is the owner/operator who has published educational articles and short stories for children and was a copy editor for This Week Magazine.
The ads pay for the costs only. This is a blog that does not make a profit. We only do this to get information to the people.
STAFFING
In addition to the owner/editor, five people help with research. They choose to remain nameless so they aren’t canceled. Writers are found under columnists. If anyone wishes to contact them, please email sara@independentsentinel.com.
Several people contribute research and written text for articles, but they wish to remain anonymous due to cancel culture and where they are in their careers. We greatly appreciate their extensive help and contributions.
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AUTHORS
Please go to the articles’ biographical information at the end for information on people who contribute or guest authors. If you want to contact an author, please write sara@independentsentinel.com, and we will gladly share it.
AUTHORS
Linda Goudsmit is a devoted wife to Rob, and they are the parents of four children and the grandparents of four. She and Rob owned and operated a girl’s clothing store in Michigan for 40 years and retired a few years ago to the beaches of sunny Florida.
A graduate of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor (B.A. in English literature), Linda has a lifelong commitment to learning and is an avid reader and observer of life. She is the author of Dear America: Who’s Driving the Bus? and The Book of Humanitarian Hoaxes: Killing America with Kindness, as well as the children’s picture book series Mimi’s Strategy.
Her recent book, Space Is No Longer the Final Frontier—Reality Is, is published on this site. You can read some of her articles here as well.
It is with pride and humility that she is sharing her thoughts, observations, and philosophy of behavior in the many articles she has written that are featured in Independent Sentinel.
See Linda’s Pundicity page and website Linda Goudsmit – Contact Linda at info@lindagoudsmit.com
KrisAnne Hall, a constitutional attorney, is now the president of Liberty First University and travels the country teaching the foundational principles of Liberty and our Constitutional Republic. KrisAnne is the author of 6 books on the Constitution and Bill of Rights, she also has a nationally syndicated radio show and a cable television show. KrisAnne has been featured on C-SPAN TV and C-SPAN Book TV. KrisAnne will connect the dots for you as no one else can!
Dianne Hermann, an accomplished editor and writer, has joined the staff and records This Week in History. She also writes articles for us periodically.
Betsy McCaughey is a former lieutenant governor of New York and chairman of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths. Follow her on Twitter @Betsy_McCaughey. To find out more about Betsy McCaughey and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.
David Reavill is a Financial Writer writer + finance +iconoclast + hiker + Pennsylvania
#valueside, daily podcast + comment + thinker
valueside.com/links
Gennady Shkliarevsky is a Professor Emeritus of Russian history at Bard College in New York. Ukrainian-born American Professor Shkliarevsky writes about history and the Ukraine war, as well as thoughtful articles of the American Republic.
Jim Soviero is one of our regular writers from Strongs Neck, Long Island. He is a former educator at Three Village School District and is active in the local Republican Party.
Gary Spina, the author of “Kitchen Table Politics,” among other homespun tales of pure Americana, writes occasionally for the Sentinel.
Joan Swirsky is an accomplished journalist and author based in New York. Her website is www.joanswirsky.com, and she can be reached at joanswirsky@gmail.com. You can read some of her articles here.
Gene Van Shaar has spent a lifetime studying and teaching a wide range of religious and secular topics. He is a master teacher whose lessons and stories have generated both laughter and tears. As a defender of freedom, he has fostered independence by encouraging students and readers to embrace correct principles and resist coercion. Like Thomas Jefferson, he has “sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” He has written many articles and books, including Pillars of Truth and Freedom, My Life and Lessons, The Freedom Saving Series, and The Scriptural Insight Archive.
Other writers include Native American Floy Jackson and others, including researchers and authors who fear the cancel culture and wish to remain anonymous.