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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...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: No Blues For Memphis

“That's the largest free-standing elevator in the world,” a local proudly points out. “Higher than the Statue of Liberty.” Perhaps it’s easy to amaze me,...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Honoring Our Veterans

Next year will mark the one-hundredth anniversary of what used to be called Armistice Day.  On the 11th day of the 11th month, at...

DICK BAYNTON: The Devil is in the Details

First up in today’s column is the small but important failure of the Air Force to turn over information to the FBI regarding the...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Living in the Middle of History

It has always surprised me how history seems so much more riveting in retrospect.  One of the advantages of living into old age is...

LUCKY GARVIN: The Ultimate Communication

I was watching a comedy show, and it was hysterical! I said out loud, “Now that’s funny; I don’t care who you are!” I...

DICK BAYNTON:  Diversity & Divisiveness

Are we a divided country? Of course we are; in fact the entire world is divided! We are divided by gender to the extent...