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BECKY MAUPIN: Still Tired?

“There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one.” -Jill Churchill When you are exhausted, it is easy to feel like...

BOB BROWN: The Great Unhinging: A Clinical Emergency

We live in an age where the "tranquility of trivia"—a peace bought with endless, unimportant...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The First Lady Of New York City Is A Vile Anti-Semite – Part II

According to the New York Post, Duwaji posted seventy times where she “took extreme positions against Israel and its supporters,” according to...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The First Lady Of New York City Is A Vile Anti-Semite – Part I

I read a despondent article in The New York Post entitled, “Mamdani’s Wife Rama Duwaji Liked Post Calling Oct....

BOB BROWN: Peace of Mind, Part III: The Secure Attachment

In the conclusion of this series, I find myself looking back at a specific decade...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Life on The Median Strip

We’re all going through the same frustrations of confinement with Covid-19 and one way I have found to relieve my sense of isolation and...

BARBARA LEACH: Scouting Finds In The Garden

Plagues and pestilence!  What a year.  The blessing has been all the rain.  I have been so happy to not have to water something...

SCOTT DREYER: A Tale of Two Cities

A wise woman builds her home, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands. --Proverbs 14:1 (New Living Translation) It was the best...

MIKE KEELER: Today is July 3 – So Let Me Tell You About Dick Garnett

Richard Brooke Garnett was born on November 21, 1817, on the Rose Hill estate in northern Virginia. He and his cousin attended West Point...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: Dish-washing In The Good Life

The water is getting hot. I cease rinsing the bowls and deftly plop the strainer plug into place. I squirt a certain amount of...

LUCKY GARVIN: The Extraordinary Reality of Animal Intelligence

One of the more fascinating books I have read is: Animals in Transition, by Temple Grandin. Her engrossing narrative embraces animal communication, perception, thought,...