back to top

Columnists

SCOTT DREYER: Conduct Your “Year In Review”

James Clear, in his award-winning book Atomic Habits, encourages his readers to conduct an annual “Year in Review.”  There is nothing magical about the date January 1; personal growth and...

FRED FIRST: Small Moments. Long Life

Images: In our eyes. On our minds. From our memories. Conjured in our dreams. Right...

BOB BROWN: Decoding the New “Structure of Feeling”

This is the time to marshal up hope for the New Year. Hope is wanting...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Heroism Of Ahmed Al-Ahmed At Bondi Beach In Sydney, Australia

Not all Muslims are bad people. In fact, most Muslims are good and decent people....

DAWN CUSTALOW: THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

For all who wait For all who hunger For all who’ve prayed For all who wonder Behold... Christmas is...

Fit to Be Tied: Doggone Storm’s A’Coming!

by Fred First Even though, growing up in Alabama, I have had plenty of exposure to and an inordinate fascination with thunderstorms, today I...

Recipe of the Week: Cream Cheese-Poppy Seed Pound Cake

by Leigh Sackett Love your mom and the moms you love by baking and giving the gift of  this scrumptious cake. It is one...

Medical Education – Past and Future

by Hayden Hollingsworth Recently, a group of retired physicians were guests for lunch at The Virginia Tech Carilion Medical School and Research Institute. We...

When Kids Cause Your Face To Turn Red

by Mary Jo Shannon All parents, I suppose, at one time or another experience embarrassment due to words or actions of tactless offspring. I...

The Red Shirt of Courage

by Jon Kaufman All over this great land of ours college baseball teams of all levels are battling their opponents for the supremacy of...

Oh, For The Sake Of A Little Self-Esteem

by Keith McCurdy Have you ever done an internet search on self-esteem?  I just did and wow, I think satellites are still linking up...