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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: Taxes As Revenue

The approximately 18 million businesses in the United States buy materials and services, add value through manufacturing and services involving time and place. Part...

JOY SYLVESTER-JOHNSON: My New Mission Field

Mr. Doran used to say, “There’s so many of ‘em you can’t spit without hittin’ one.” 25% of Americans identify themselves as Evangelical Christians—I am...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: It’s Not Just About Sex

At the very beginning let me say that in no way am I defending what is now being euphemistically called “sexual misconduct.”  Every available...

DICK BAYNTON: Charity As Industry

Recently I received more than 20 solicitations for charitable donations in a single week. On several days, there were multiple requests from the same...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Very Simple Blessings

When Thanksgiving comes we take a breath and remember the blessings we have, then most of us settle down to the business at hand. ...

DICK BAYNTON: Sanctimonious Sexual Subjugation

A dark cloud of sexual misbehavior has descended over our great republic from sea to shining sea and beyond. This cloud is emitting the...