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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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'Smallpox' in Pakistan only chickenpox

by Ron Strom -- A reported outbreak of smallpox in the Swabi district of Pakistan has turned out to be nothing more than chickenpox, reports the World Health Organization. The "epidemic" of more…

MSNBC pulling plug on Keyes

by Ron Strom -- Barring last-minute negotiations, "Alan Keyes is Making Sense," a primetime cable news show on MSNBC, will end its five-month run on July 11 after the network told Keyes more…

Atheists protest Ground Zero cross

by Ron Strom -- The organization American Atheists is protesting a proposal to use a large steel cross found in the rubble of the World Trade Center in a memorial to victims more…

WHO probing smallpox claim

by Ron Strom -- Officials from the World Health Organization are "on the ground" in Pakistan investigating a claim first reported in the Pakistan Dawn newspaper that an "epidemic" of smallpox is more…

Smallpox outbreak in Pakistan?

by Ron Strom -- Pakistan's major English-language daily newspaper has reported what it calls a "smallpox epidemic" that is "rapidly spreading" in the Pakistani district of Swabi, a development that, if true, more…

The mother of all
anti-Jew sites

by Ron Strom -- Despite the prominent display of the words "No hate, no violence," an anti-Jewish website provides plenty of opportunities – in several different languages – to read about the more…

Pro-lifers censored
in San Francisco

by Ron Strom -- Law-enforcement officers on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco demanded that a pair of college students walking across the structure as part of a demonstration remove their more…

Red Cross apologizes

by Ron Strom -- The national office of the American Red Cross has issued an official apology after the organization excluded a student music group in California from performing for a Sept. more…

Red Cross nixes 'God'
from 9-11 program

by Ron Strom -- The Orange County, Calif., chapter of the American Red Cross has canceled the planned performance of a music group at an upcoming event honoring the organization's volunteers who more…

Judge jails anti-'gay rights' activist

by Ron Strom -- As a longtime leader of grass-roots efforts in Oregon to counter the radical homosexual agenda begins his third week in jail for questioning a judge's right to preside more…