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BECKY MAUPIN: A New Season, New Expectations

Motherhood, I'm learning, is a series of seasons. None of them are truly easy; they're all hard in different ways. We make it through one challenging season only to...

BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part II

Jan called today. “Ed died Thursday… he is in a better place.” Ed, a retired...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The US Media’s Monomaniacal Obsession With Nancy Guthrie’s Kidnapping

I do not mean to downplay the tremendous tragedy of the kidnapping of Savannah Guthrie's...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Barack and Michelle Obama Are Neither Apes Nor Monkeys

I read an article from the BBC on February 6 entitled, "Trump says he 'didn't...

BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part I

Too often, the human race is a race against time. Until recently, I was a...

MORGAN GRIFFITH: Jefferson, Adams, and The Fourth of July

July 4 is an important date in our country’s history. It was also an important date in the lives of two notable Founding Fathers...

MIKE KEELER: Some Seriously Slippery Summer Syllogistics

Children are more pliable, more flexible, more resilient and more durable than adults. So they can do things adults cannot. It's official. Not because...

STUART REVERCOMB: A Not So Brilliant Plan

As a newspaper publisher I received a phone message the other day from one Bailey Henderson who said she is a volunteer with “The...

IN MEMORIAM: Diane Huey D’Orazio, DVM 1957-2020. 

She lived amongst us as an angel on Earth, but she left us on May 28th, to fulfill her calling at the highest level.  This...

MELINDA MYERS: Safely Manage Insect Pests in Your Gardens

You plant and tend your garden hoping to enjoy a bountiful harvest and beautiful blooms. Despite proper planning and planting, insects can move in...

MIKE KEELER: The REAL Siracha

If you're like us, you've needed to be pretty resourceful in the kitchen lately: when does this can of beans expire?; what can we...