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BECKY MAUPIN: Overwhelmed Doesn’t Mean Ungrateful

If you’re on social media for any amount of time, you pretty quickly see that there is mixed content. Some of it is positive and gives you really good...

BOB BROWN: When the Underdog Bites Has Rabies, and a Mean Owner

We have a strong human urge to identify with the “underdog.” There is nothing new...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Phase Two Of Trump‘s Peace Plan In The Gaza Strip Doomed To Fail? – Part II

Unfortunately, Trump’s present ceasefire as of October 9 is analogous to the armistice signed between...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Phase Two Of Trump‘s Peace Plan In The Gaza Strip Doomed To Fail? – Part I

Phase one of Trump‘s twenty-point peace plan in the Gaza Strip, which began on October...

FRED FIRST: Approaching the Longest Night

Yes, you’re right—if you’ve even noticed—that this space has been neglected for some weeks now,...

SCOTT DREYER: Arizona Election Hearings Raise Bigger Question

The Lord hates dishonest scales, but he is pleased with honest weights.  -Proverbs 11:1  I don’t remember the context, but once while teaching my advanced...

SCOTT DREYER: Why I Kissed Twitter Good-bye

The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.  -  Proverbs 18:17 (CSB) Let us dare to read, think, speak...

MELINDA MYERS: Grow Frilly, Bold and Unique Amaryllis Indoors This Winter

When squirrels are busy storing nuts for winter, it’s time for gardeners to start gathering amaryllis bulbs to sustain them through the dreary months...

SCOTT DREYER: Thanksgiving – The All American Holyday

O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.                  ...

SCOTT DREYER: A Lying Spirit Among Us?

‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’    --I Kings 22:22 b (NKJV) Do you ever feel...

MELINDA MYERS: Winter Care for Trees, Shrubs and Perennials in Containers

As you prepare your landscape for winter don’t overlook the trees, shrubs and perennials you have growing in containers. These need a bit of...