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DAWN CUSTALOW: Pocahontas Reframed and Thanksgiving

I just returned from the 9th annual Pocahontas Reframed film festival 2025 in Richmond, VA, which is held right before Thanksgiving each year. The festival reframes Native American life...

SCOTT DREYER: “Forgive Me When I Whine”

This poem, of unclear authorship, reportedly comes from the dark Great Depression days of the...

BOB BROWN: Recent Sale of Brooklyn Bridge, Part Two

In 2025, America’s fertility rate reaches a historic low, while Muslim and Arab communities maintain...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Trump‘s Decision To Release The Epstein Files Is Overdue

I read an article in the New York Post on November 16 entitled “Trump says House Republicans should...

ANDY PITZER: Amtrak Trek: Lake Shore Limited/Southwest Chief/Empire Builder

NYC TO CHI: Lakeshore Limited (NY, MA, PA, OH, IN, IL) The first leg of the Amtrak train...

ALISHA NELSON: We Miss You

After my husband and I had been married for about 2 years, I bought, on the spur of the moment, a fat, cuddly, gorgeous...

SCOTT DREYER: Democracy Is Not A Spectator Sport

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. -- Hosea 4:6a A wise millennial friend of mine recently said, “When God gives you a vision...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: So Many Crises

In his essay, American Crisis,Thomas Paine said, “These are the times that try men’s souls.”  Over two centuries old, it certainly seems applicable today. ...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Watch for the Subtleties

In recent months, I’ve made an effort to listen to both sides of the aisle when getting the news. While at times I tire...

ALISHA BREWER NELSON: Tamp Down the Snow Before You Go Pee

Let me tell you a story about snow. And about not listening to your husband. And the consequences thereof. The first time I came up...

SCOTT DREYER: How To Boil A Country – Part 3

For I do not want you, brothers and sisters, to be uninformed ...  - Romans 11:25 For much of my teaching career since 1987, I...