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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...

DICK BAYNTON: A Coalition of Conspirators

Although many people have not recognized the transformation in our politics, there is no longer a ‘Democratic Party.’ What was once a political party...

DICK BAYNTON: Prevarication Politics

Prevarication is a word that means equivocation, fabrication, evasion of the truth, lying. Yes, it’s true in almost all political discourse and is often...

JOY SYLVESTER-JOHNSON: It’s Time To Grow Up

Lord Martin Rees, one of the world's most eminent astronomers, is an emeritus professor of cosmology and astrophysics at the University of Cambridge and...

DICK BAYNTON: Freedom of Speech

When I read an op-ed of medium length recently in the WSJ, I objected to the title that was a suggestion for Republicans to...

MIKE KEELER: A Slow Starting Parade

The first blast was almost a bust. On September 5, 1882, a few hundred working-class folks gathered in the streets of lower Manhattan near city...

JOY SYLVESTER-JOHNSON: How Shall I Fight?

It has been said that power never surrenders without a fight. I know this to be true. For me the question remains, “How shall I fight?” How...