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FRED FIRST: Peregrinations of a *BoZo

I have a few bits of biological blarney to pass along before I focus later today on packing for Ghost Ranch. I woke up earlier than my intention this...

ANDY PITZER: No Offseason

“It’s the time of the season.” This pertains to and will make the most sense for...

BOB BROWN: “I Remember World War II”

On December 7, 1941, my sister, Edith, eight years my senior, and I were in...

FRED FIRST: Go West At Last, Old Man

Decades of frugality have come abruptly to an end. I have made the choice to...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Bring Back The War Department

President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a prescient and heartfelt speech in Chautauqua, New York, on...

FRED FIRST: Your County’s Birds – Overhead In The Dark

The tree swallows’ false alarm this year came three weeks earlier than last year, with first sighting on March 1. But then, these early birds, after...

MIKE KEELER: Just A Wee Bit of Mud . . .

Good morning baseball fans. It's the day you've been waiting for. America’s National Pastime has returned! Hope is springing, bats are swinging, lots of...

DEVOTIONAL: Jesus’ 7 Sayings From The Cross (1)

Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.  --Luke 23:34...

FRED FIRST: Digital Maps to Nature Literacy – Part 1

We create tools to work for us: to dig foundations, to hoist steel girders for bridges, to record our words and thoughts for others...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Roanoke City Teen Curfew Will Fail Because It Ignores Root Causes

Imposing a teen curfew in Roanoke City will not reduce gun violence as the Citizens have already experienced such a rule in the past....

DEVOTIONAL: How Can You Experience More Of God’s Grace?

And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."  -- James 4:6 (NLT) "Humility. Imitate...