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BOB BROWN: What is Real?

Often, an old song plays in my mind. I cannot identify the situations that bring lyrics and melodies into my awareness. Somehow, I am reassured and comforted by them. Say...

FRED FIRST: Spiders I Have Worn

I see now how often what I chose to write about in my haphazard weekly...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Does Putin Consider Ukraine Russian Territory? If So, U.S. Negotiations Are In Trouble

President Putin, aka Vladimir the Terrible, is a second-world money-mongering autocrat, who commands the largest...

ANDY PITZER: Not-So-Trivial Geography

The absence of geography courses in American elementary and secondary school curriculums these days is...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest On July 4th Is An Ode To Gluttony

Joey Chestnut, 41, who is 6’1”, surprisingly only 230 pounds, and a personification of gluttony, won...

LUCKY GARVIN: Prayer As Divine Conversation

I do not pray. But wait! Before you kick me out, hear me out. As a child, I was influenced more than I knew as...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Only We Can Do It

Many of us remember the multiple jaw-dropping moments in the run up to the election when candidate Trump announced that, “Only I can do...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: Forgotten Farmsteads

The rock piles are the first things I notice that tell me I'm in the vicinity of an old farmstead. They're made of stones...

JEFF ELL: Sometimes The Best Way to Find Something Is to Stop Looking For It

Every time I find a shed I do a happy dance. I’m glad no one sees me, because I’m not a very good dancer....

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Preparation—Part I

Everyone knows the familiar Boy Scout motto:  Be Prepared.  Whether we acknowledge it or not we are always thinking about preparation.  We spend the...

DICK BAYNTON: Brexit

On June 23rd, 2016, UK voters chose to leave the European Union by 52% to 48%. UK citizens in London, Northern Ireland and Scotland...