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Columnists

BOB BROWN: Lost and Found

All of us encounter loss. The meaning we attribute to loss influences our response to it. Our losses accumulate. They range from minor to unimaginable. Last week, two sets of...

FRED FIRST: Where You’re From

In the very early years of writing, I was exposed to a poem called “Where...

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...

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...

DICK BAYNTON: Imperious Politics

When you watched this morning’s news or when you switched off the TV before bedtime, you were updated on the possible Trump/Russia collusion and...

LUCKY GARVIN: The Miracle Jay

He had two chances for survival when we in-took him (her?) to our wildlife center some three weeks ago. His feathers were as ragged as...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Windows To The World

If there is one thing to which we have more than enough access it’s information.  The elderly among us may have resisted smartphones, Twitter,...

DICK BAYNTON: Hope Is Not A Strategy

Hope can be an uplifting word in almost any context; hope for recovery of a sick person, hope for rain during a drought and...

BARBARA LEACH: Winter Damage in The Garden

Winter damage in the garden comes in many forms.  It can come from vacillating temperatures that can kill marginally hardy plants or even those...

DICK BAYNTON: Polarization, Politicization and Weaponization Intersect in ‘The Swamp’

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is one of the World’s leading chronicles of international financial data and commentaries about many other topics. One of...