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SCOTT DREYER: Christmas Through the Eyes of a Child

As adults, it is important to think of what messages we are giving the children in our lives about the meaning and celebration of Christmas. Ponder this: “Christmas Through the Eyes...

FRED FIRST: Birds of a Feather

We were invited to join some geologist-birder friends for an outing last week that would...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Mr. President, Just Shut The H*ll Up

Nick Reiner, 32, the cocaine addicted and schizophrenic son of famed Hollywood sitcom actor, prolific...

BOB BROWN: “A Multitude of the Heavenly Host”

For many years, the Hon. B. Waugh Crigler, a former federal magistrate, taught the Men’s...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Annex Ukraine Now

Steve Witkoff, acting as personal envoy for President Trump, first met with Russian President Vladimir Putin...

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...

JOY SYLVESTER-JOHNSON: When Love Hurts

Do we pray for folks in trouble to get God’s attention or do we pray so that we are in tune with what already...