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SCOTT DREYER: Christmas Through the Eyes of a Child

As adults, it is important to think of what messages we are giving the children in our lives about the meaning and celebration of Christmas. Ponder this: “Christmas Through the Eyes...

FRED FIRST: Birds of a Feather

We were invited to join some geologist-birder friends for an outing last week that would...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Mr. President, Just Shut The H*ll Up

Nick Reiner, 32, the cocaine addicted and schizophrenic son of famed Hollywood sitcom actor, prolific...

BOB BROWN: “A Multitude of the Heavenly Host”

For many years, the Hon. B. Waugh Crigler, a former federal magistrate, taught the Men’s...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Annex Ukraine Now

Steve Witkoff, acting as personal envoy for President Trump, first met with Russian President Vladimir Putin...

Recipe of the Week: Anthony’s Apple Oatmeal Crumble

by Leigh Sackett Recently I got up at 5:30 AM to go to the grocery store. It was that kind of day - I...

Is Anything Working?

by Hayden Hollingsworth Well, let’s see now . . . is anything going well? The world financial markets are totally unsettled and, as if that...

Saw Horses Are So Easy

by John Robinson My friend Broaddus had built a workshop out of a shed and I was helping him finish it out. There were...

Tending the Garden by Stuart Revercomb

This summer I planted a very nice garden on my land in Callaway. I had two rows of carrots, four rows of lima...

Sweet and Sad – The Timing of Life

by Lucky Garvin Had I arrived 60 seconds sooner or sixty seconds later, I would have missed one of the sweetest, saddest things that...

Trouble In The Classroom

by Mary Jo Shannon Only once during my elementary school days did I find myself in trouble with school authorities. The memory of that...