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LUCKY GARVIN: Be With Me While I Die

We bloom, like the tiniest flower, then we move on... I think that I will always define tenderness by those moments. Those moments, I watched a wife caress her dying husband,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Bill Clinton’s Shameful Congratulations Of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani – Part II

Unfortunately, Mamdani, if elected, would have complete power to appoint the police commissioner and near-total...

BOB BROWN: Feeling Helpless in America

You will find me among those who want “instant gratification,” an uncomplimentary way of saying,...

BECKY MAUPIN: Mom Brain Isn’t All in Your Head

The number of times I’ve misplaced my keys and phone is embarrassing. So many times...

FRED FIRST: Poems, Prayers and Prompts

WHERE WE ARE FROM The answer, when someone asks where you are “from” might be to...

Legacy of Turpitude

You may not have noticed but the President’s last State of the Union Address (SOTU) on January 12 was not really a presentation of...

My First Jobs: From Piracy To Church Soloist

When I was but a wee shaver, I never shared with my contemporaries the urge to be a cowboy, an Indian, a fireman or...

Called To What?

SECOND READING HEBREWS 5:1-10 / GOSPEL MARK 10:35-45 Well there’s that name again: “Melchizedek.” Even those who are fairly good at dwelling in their bibles as...

McAfee Knob in the Snow

We got a foot and a half of snow in the valley but I'm sure there's two feet of it up here on the...

SOTU #8

Speaking at a joint meeting of Congress, government officials, distinguished guests, the press, the nation, the world and Michelle, the President droned on for...

Finding Fatherhood 

I've never known fatherhood until I saw it in my daughter’s father. My own father unknown to me I’ve settled for the community package version...