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Ron Strom is commentary editor of WND, a post he took after serving as a news editor since 2000. Prior to coming on board with WND, Strom worked in politics in California. Married and the father of two homeschool graduates, he has served in leadership positions in his church, local nonprofit boards and in county government.
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Trapped hiker speaks
of severing own arm

by Ron Strom -- Aron Ralston, the man who severed his right arm with a pocketknife to save his own life after being trapped by a boulder, talked about his ordeal for more…

Activist continues protest fast

by Ron Strom -- A Texas man is now in his 24th day of a hunger strike in Austin, vowing to die of starvation if he doesn't receive what he believes is more…

Another 'tax honesty' activist shuns food

by Ron Strom -- A Texas man has picked up where a fasting "tax honesty" activist in Michigan left off, staging a Gandhi-style hunger fast to protest the federal government's refusal to more…

Parents win victory
over social workers

by Ron Strom -- Social workers who entered a private Christian school without a warrant and questioned a 10-year-old boy about corporal punishment violated the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court has more…

Activist ends protest fast

by Ron Strom -- Rose Lear, the "tax honesty" activist from Muskegon, Mich., has announced she has ended her hunger strike against the federal government after 29 days and was scheduled to more…

'Tax honesty' activist fears
effects of fast

by Ron Strom -- Rose Lear, the 52-year-old Michigan woman ending the fourth week of a hunger strike, fears her health soon will be harmed permanently unless her demands of the federal more…

Answers still elusive
for fasting activist

by Ron Strom -- Although her congressman assured her that his staff is working on answering her 500 questions about the federal income-tax system, 52-year-old Rose Lear continues her hunger strike, saying more…

Fasting activist waits
for tax answers

by Ron Strom -- A Michigan woman finishing her third week of a hunger strike is staying in Washington, D.C., indefinitely, waiting for a representative of the federal government to address her more…

'Tax honesty' activist to visit IRS

by Ron Strom -- Rose Lear, the Michigan woman who has been on a hunger strike for 19 days, has extended her time in Washington, D.C., and is planning to visit the more…

Film group pushes
pro-family movies

by Ron Strom -- "How many films have you seen in which conservatives, Republicans or religious Americans are ridiculed and portrayed as being hateful, weak or stupid?" That's how the organizers of more…