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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...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: Why I Run

Recently I saw a car sporting a bumper sticker that read, “I run so I don’t kill people.” I guess to most people that...

SCOTT DREYER: America’s Shame: Our National Debt

On Thursday, January 19, the US federal government reached its statutory debt limit of $31.4 trillion. Never before has the debt been that high,...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Rep. Ilhan Omar Goes Even Further Astray

Removing Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN5) from the important Foreign Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives was a necessary action the Republicans were right...

DEVOTIONAL: Employ Your Most Valuable Resource

Live life, then, with a due sense of responsibility, not as men who do not know the meaning and purpose of life but as...

SCOTT DREYER: Davos Draino

Davos is a town in eastern, German-speaking Switzerland with some 11,000 residents. (For comparison, the Town of Vinton has a population of about 8,000.) ...

MELINDA MYERS: Garden Longer With Less Muscle Strain & Fatigue

Keep gardening longer with less muscle strain and fatigue with these pain-free gardening techniques. You’ll not only keep your garden looking its best but...