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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: Patriotism, Socialism & Naiveté

Recently, Bernie Sanders of Vermont declared his candidacy for the presidency of the United States of America. This should be a surprise to no...

DICK BAYNTON: Broken What?

Day after day and year after year, we hear that our immigration system is broken. The two houses of Congress debate the topic and...

H. BRUCE RINKER: Darwin: A Hero for Scientists and Lovers

For all of us, what a happy coincidence that Charles Darwin’s birthday (12 February) and St. Valentines’ Day (14 February) sit close to each...

MIKE KEELER: ASA House Update Part 1

There once was a house. And there will be again. Ralph Hunt arrived on Long Island in 1652, "among a party of Englishmen." He may...

MIKE KEELER: Asa Hunt House Update Part Two

From out of the ashes rose the world's most powerful republic. In 1748, a construction crew digging on the slopes of Mt. Etna in Italy...

DICK BAYNTON: The Dichotomies of Despair

Politicians are highly adept at sanctimoniously selecting comparable issues that are incomparable. For example, it was Nancy Pelosi that stated that walls are immoral....