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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...

An Erstwhile Sense of Hopelessness

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. These days I am haunted by a growing mediocrity in our nation’s classrooms.  Having just finished more than two...

Freedom Brings Choices by Donna Hopkins Britt

“For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery….  For you were...

Bikes And Gravel: A Sure Rite of Passage

by Robert Adcox   The other evening while nosing around the 'net I came across an old photo of a tough-looking Stingray bicycle. For those...

The Most Bang for the Buck

by Hayden Hollingsworth Well, thank goodness we’re through with THAT!  The NBA Finals, of course. Just in case you’ve nodded off during the tedium...

Surprise! Happy 50th Birthday

by Mary Jo Shannon A fiftieth birthday is a true landmark – one-half century – and worthy of special celebration. Loving spouses often plan outlandish...

Recipe of the Week: Habanaro Mango Grilled Shrimp

I have been told I make the best fried shrimp. But I also have been told I make the best fried chicken, fried...