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BOB BROWN: The American Flag

All my life, I’ve loved the American flag. I was taught there is something special about our flag, that it is never trampled upon in war or peace, and...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: There Is No Need For A U.S. Ground War In Venezuela

The easiest way to overthrow Nicolás Maduro, the narco-terrorist dictator of Venezuela, is to finance an insurgency....

SCOTT DREYER: Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation

Americans celebrate Thanksgiving today, and along with Canadians in October, are the only people on...

DAWN CUSTALOW: Pocahontas Reframed and Thanksgiving

I just returned from the 9th annual Pocahontas Reframed film festival 2025 in Richmond, VA,...

SCOTT DREYER: “Forgive Me When I Whine”

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

A True Friend Always Keeps You Thinking

by Joe Kennedy My friend Rita called me many months ago. "I've been thinking about things you said when we had lunch the other...

It’s Celestial, Revolutionary, And Simply Good

by Mike Keeler Camellia sinensis came down to humans from high above.  Originally found growing on the slopes of the Himalayas, it was brought...

“Time in A Tapestry: The Power of Looking Back”

by Fred First I don’t think I ever seriously considered not driving eight hours to my forty-fifth high school reunion in Alabama this month....

Kentucky Unsettles Own House With State Support of Creationism

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. Do you recall the iconic story of the 1925 Scopes “Monkey Trial” in Tennessee?  It was fictionalized on the...

Green Means Go: To Myrna With Love

by Robert Adcox   The other day, while joining my fellow townsfolk in that automotive conga line known as commuting, it occurred to me that...

A Letter To My Rock – [Lucky and Sabrina recently lost their nine-year old Dobie, Rock.]

by Lucky Garvin Dear Rock, First, the vet was there that day because we called her to set you free. Ultimately it was my decision...