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ANDY PITZER: “Look Mom! No iPhone!”

A very interesting visually recorded interview showed up on my feed the other night. In 1966, several British adolescents were interviewed about their vision of the future (circa year...

FRED FIRST: There And Back Again

RECAP: I would be able to visit southwest Virginia again–home for almost 40 years, and...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Am I Proud to Be an American?

How proud are you to be an American? I posted that question on Facebook a few...

BOB BROWN: “Portraits of the Human Person”

On the night of June 21, 2025, President Donald Trump said all seven B2 Bombers...

BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

Picture this: You manage to get everyone fed and the dinner aftermath cleaned up. Then...

DEVOTIONAL: Share Good Things With Your Teacher

Let the one who is taught the word share all his good things with the teacher.  Galatians 6:6 (CSB) A few days ago, out of...

We Should Give Thanks for The United States Military Every Day

The definition of the U.S military will not end in one word or a few sentences as such a definition is connected with a...

MELINDA MYERS: New Ways to Display Poinsettias This Holiday Season

Nothing says the holidays like a poinsettia. This year, try some new ways to display this festive plant. Poinsettias are available in a variety of...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Mayo Clinic In Rochester, Minnesota: Caveat Emptor

There is a medieval Latin phrase, caveat emptor, or let the buyer beware. I spent almost three months at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,...

DEVOTIONAL: God Guides Us Step By Step

Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do. --Acts 9:6 (NIV) Do you ever feel lost...

MIKE KEELER: Colorful Agrarian Symbol or Sign of The Witch?

OK, let's put Halloween behind us, enough with all that Druid-inspired mumbo-jumbo . . . Or . . . Take a drive through Pennsylvania farm country....