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BOB BROWN: “Portraits of the Human Person”

On the night of June 21, 2025, President Donald Trump said all seven B2 Bombers had safely returned from an unprecedented successful attack on Iran’s fortresses of nuclear weapon...

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...

FRED FIRST: Homeward Bound

It would happen: the trip back to Floyd. And then it wouldn’t. And then it...

SCOTT DREYER: Questionophobia (II)

The person who tells one side of a story seems right, until someone else comes and asks questions. --Proverbs 18:17 (EXB)   The important thing is not...

SCOT BELLAVIA: I Got a New Job

In the weeks since I announced my new job to the clients I serve at the position I hold for just a few countable...

SCOTT DREYER: Do you suffer from Questionophobia? (I)

The first person to speak always seems right until someone comes and asks the right questions. -- Proverbs 18:17 (ERV) Excited and nervous, in 1999 I...

MIKE KEELER: The Music of “Native North America”

As we kick off an American summer, we’re taking a break from our regularly scheduled programming, and I’m throwing this week’s installment over to...

SCOTT DREYER: Remember D-Day: June 6, 1944

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.  -- John 15:3 (ESV) June 6, 2021 is the 77th...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Half-Staff Overkill?

One of the daily patrons at my job is a Vietnam veteran. He’ll ask why the flag is at half-staff whenever it is. I...