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BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

Picture this: You manage to get everyone fed and the dinner aftermath cleaned up. Then starts the bedtime rodeo that includes 4 meltdowns, 3 sips of water, 2 more...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Israel’s Second Sum Of All Fears

I first heard about a dirty bomb in early September 1993 when an IBM coworker,...

BOB BROWN: What Happened to Happiness?

We can quibble about the origin, even the definition or meaning of “happiness,” but I’m...

FRED FIRST: Homeward Bound

It would happen: the trip back to Floyd. And then it wouldn’t. And then it...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) Needs To Be Censured

Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), who appears to be a self-important crackpot, tried hysterically (without officially...

STUART REVERCOMB: The Focus of Our Adulation

The sudden and tragic death of anyone, even if they are a complete stranger, always hits us deeply - especially if the person is...

DICK BAYNTON: Remnants of Rampage

The two girls are now 13 and 16 and living in Germany under the watchful eyes of D?zen Tekkal who directed a documentary entitled,...

STUART REVERCOMB: Count Your Chickens

I am 58 years old and still counting - for which I am very thankful. In 1900 average life expectancy was 47 years of...

H. BRUCE RINKER: Pandering For Christ

One of my Grandmothers was the daughter of a fundamentalist preacher who believed and practiced a literal interpretation of the Bible (King James, version,...

DICK BAYNTON: The Decline of Patriotism

It was troubling to read that a Gallup poll taken in 2018 showed that poll participants who were ‘extremely proud’ to be a citizen...

IN THE GARDEN / ISI Tomatoes

Though paper garden catalogs are not as plentiful as in years past, many of you are finding that your mailboxes contain these dream packets. ...