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SCOT BELLAVIA: Am I Proud to Be an American?

How proud are you to be an American? I posted that question on Facebook a few years ago on the Fourth of July. I wasn’t asking how proud or embarrassed...

BOB BROWN: “Portraits of the Human Person”

On the night of June 21, 2025, President Donald Trump said all seven B2 Bombers...

BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

Picture this: You manage to get everyone fed and the dinner aftermath cleaned up. Then...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Israel’s Second Sum Of All Fears

I first heard about a dirty bomb in early September 1993 when an IBM coworker,...

BOB BROWN: What Happened to Happiness?

We can quibble about the origin, even the definition or meaning of “happiness,” but I’m...

SCOT BELLAVIA: The Sound of Music at Festival in The Park

I moved to Knoxville five years ago and I miss the mountains the most. The Smokies are bigger than what I could run at...

DEVOTIONAL: Honor Your Mom On Mother’s Day

Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. -- Exodus...

Sens. Warner, Kaine Duck Questions About Their Role In Border Crisis

Geography teachers worth their salt explain that a country has at least four traits: (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory with clear...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Turkish Attacks On Iraq Will Continue As Region Remains Unstable

Turkey’s attack on the City of Sulaimaniyah, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq in April was not a surprise for the region or the...

DEVOTIONAL: Use Your Performance Enhancing Power . . . Sleep

He maketh me to lie down... (KJV) --Psalm 23:2a Do you ever feel like you're barely hanging on, stressed to the max, and your tank...

FRED FIRST: Where Are You From?

I started writing in 2002 such that total strangers could read over my shoulder as a way of telling myself—and those who cared to...