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ANDY PITZER: No Offseason

“It’s the time of the season.” This pertains to and will make the most sense for those whose locale has four separate seasons, those who do not have them and...

BOB BROWN: “I Remember World War II”

On December 7, 1941, my sister, Edith, eight years my senior, and I were in...

FRED FIRST: Go West At Last, Old Man

Decades of frugality have come abruptly to an end. I have made the choice to...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Bring Back The War Department

President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a prescient and heartfelt speech in Chautauqua, New York, on...

FRED FIRST: Changing of the Guard

The theme for the Lenoir Words Writers Group this month is AUTUMN. And since I...

BOB BROWN: The Gift of Christmas

At the conclusion of our recent Zoom Bible study, Stuart asked, “Are there any requests for prayer today?”  Among the 11 requests, one stuck...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Islamic Political System Unable to Represent Diversity

The 2024 Riyadh concert and fashion shows are another gate opening and welcoming to the liberalism in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Royals are gradually...

MORGAN GRIFFITH: Christmas Traditions

I respect people of all faiths, but as a Christian, I celebrate Christmas and the birth of Jesus Christ. Every Christmas season, there are traditions...

MIKE KEELER: The Shot Not Heard Around The World

As the Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party approached, tensions were running high throughout New England. The port of Boston had been closed by...

FRED FIRST: A Brighter Shade of Everything

Many of my age-peer friends beat me to the punch and had one or both eyes treated for cataracts--a leading cause of blindness worldwide,...

SCOT BELLAVIA: They Told Me I Was Gifted . . .

From third to fifth grade, I was in the PLATO program at Fishburn Park Elementary. PLATO is a backronym (Pupils Learning Appropriately TOgether) meaning...

ANDY PITZER: No Offseason