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ROBERT L. MARONIC: I No Longer Watch Baltimore Orioles’ Baseball Games

I no longer watch Baltimore Orioles’ baseball games. I now only watch innings, and if I do I watch maybe two or three. I prefer to watch innings because frankly...

ANDY PITZER: “Look Mom! No iPhone!”

A very interesting visually recorded interview showed up on my feed the other night. In...

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...

DICK BAYNTON: The USA: World’s Largest Debtor and Largest Donor

Budgets are highly important in our lives and the two most important items to be budgeted are ‘time’ and ‘financial resources and responsibilities.’ Other...

LUCKY GARVIN: The Indian Coup

I heard two interesting stories the other day re: Native Americans who had been involved in the Vietnam war. Native Americans suffered a far lower...

MIKE KEELER: King of The Fruit – Fruit of The Kings

We return you now to the Summer of Sweetness... ...which was in the year 1496. Christopher Columbus, returning from his second voyage to the west,...

DICK BAYNTON: The Modern Florence Nightingale

The original Florence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy on May 20th, 1820 of British parents and died on August 13, 1910 in Mayfair,...

Dick Baynton: Uniting States

The title of today’s column refers to several efforts to unite a consortium of nations in our troubled world. The United States of America...

STUART REVERCOMB: A Few Questions If You Please

In a short bit of writing on the subject of the Christian season of Lent Frederick Buechner asks the following questions. With no small...