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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...

Grumbling is an Opportunity for Growth

A common question asked by many parents is “How can I get my child to stop grumbling at my requests?”  My response is obviously…..”Stop...

Some Musings on The Afterlife

I guess it began while I was watching a ‘Great “Courses’ series on the common man of ancient Egypt. While certain people held the...

Is Higher Education Really Higher?

There has recently been a lot of focus on life at college campuses . . . with good reason. The debacle of The Rolling...

The Arrogance of Autocracy

Recently when I turned on the TV morning news, there was Col. Daniel King, US Army announcing that Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl had been charged...

An Uncertain Place

Things change abruptly, plans fail, dreams are diminished, bad things happen. Without warning. And definitely without our permission. In an instance, everything that made sense...

VWCC — A Local Jewel

Colonial Avenue is a major thoroughfare that bisects the campus of Virginia Western Community College. It has not always been so. It used to...