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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...

SERWAN ZANGANA It is Merry Christmas in America, and Merry Christmas to you

One of my coworkers recently asked me if I celebrate Christmas, or what is our traditional practice on such a day. I said, the...

BOB BROWN: Hassles and Uplifts

We are reminded by trustworthy people that life is a series of hassles and uplifts.  Cardiologists tell us “not to sweat the small stuff...

SCOTT DREYER: “Christmas Through The Eyes Of A Child”

Verywellmind.com explains, "Cognitive reframing is a technique used to shift your mindset so you're able to look at a situation, person, or relationship from...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Chinese Communist Party’s War Against Christmas Songs

I read in the New York Post on December 7 one of the most pseudoscientific and absurd anti-Christmas song articles that I have ever read in...

MORGAN GRIFFITH: What’s Next for Syria?

Throughout the tenure of the Biden Administration, conflict and turmoil have only gotten worse in the Middle East. A recent flareup in the region is...

FRED FIRST: Where Are You From?

Many of us don't know how to answer that When we are young, we live where we’re born. For some of us, the place of...