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BOB BROWN: “Portraits of the Human Person”

On the night of June 21, 2025, President Donald Trump said all seven B2 Bombers had safely returned from an unprecedented successful attack on Iran’s fortresses of nuclear weapon...

BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

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

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...

DICK BAYNTON: The Clash of Crises

When we attend high school, we are under the tutelage of a principal, teachers, coaches and at home we have the backup of family...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: Another Miserable Hike with James

     “Looks good, James. You first!” We’re facing a shallow sea of cold muddy water. We’ve just hiked down off of Kelly's Knob to...

DICK BAYNTON: Corruption, Disruption, Dysfunction

Let’s start this treatise with commentary about Rahm Emanuel, the current and 44th Mayor of Chicago since 2011. Mr. Emanuel has been dedicated to...

MIKE KEELER: Where Eagles Dare (Or Not)

On the afternoon of July 4, 1776, right after signing the Declaration, the Continental Congress appointed three men - John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and...

LUCKY GARVIN: The Broken Heart

The sixty year old woman came to the ER one week after her stomach pain started. Her nurse came to us and said, “She...

DICK BAYNTON: Fossil Fuels – Past and Future

Among the many extreme conditions being proposed by the liberal left is the elimination of fossil fuels, also called petroleum, crude oil, coal and...