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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) Running For President in 2028? – Part II

I read an article on nbc.com on February 13 entitled, “In Munich, AOC warns that democracies must deliver for the working class to stave off 'authoritarianism,” which was written by Sahil Kapur. I highly...

BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part III

Being elderly is a full-time job. It could be the best job you ever had,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) Running For President in 2028? – Part I

I strongly suspect that the self-assured and arrogant Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is going to be a presidential or...

FRED FIRST: But Is It Art?

I have mentioned before that I have recently found pleasure and pleasant distraction in the...

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 Trails Lead to Blue Ridge Mountains

by Fred First A city girl, my mother used to say wistfully that she was born with the country in her bones. I lived, early...

Sadly, You’ve Heard This One Before

by Mike Wheeler And you have Daniel Butterfield to thank.  He was just a kid from Utica, New York, who attended Union College and...

Recipe of the Week – Thomas Jefferson’s Sweet Potato Biscuits

by Leigh Sackett When celebrating Independence Day a standard hot dog, hamburger, watermelon cookout with sparklers in hand is great but what I am...

Rural Church Centers Encourage Reflection

by Frances Stebbins With summer upon us, it's a good time to visit one of the several conference centers maintained nearby by churches to...

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...