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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 I’ve walked into a room and can’t remember what I needed. Coming up with...

FRED FIRST: Poems, Prayers and Prompts

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

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

Far-left Democratic Socialist and Queens three-term assemblyman, Zohran Mamdani, won the Democratic primary on June 24, possibly...

BOB BROWN: What is Real?

Often, an old song plays in my mind. I cannot identify the situations that bring...

FRED FIRST: Spiders I Have Worn

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

Missed A Big Buck Lately? This Columns for You – Antlerology 101

If you know a hunter, you’ve undoubtedly heard the same old story that goes something like this: “There was this giant buck right in...

Table It

At your next supper, passing around hot cornbread, squash, greens or apple pie, scoot back from the table a moment and digest one nutritious...

A Debt at Long Last Repaid

I had had some difficulty falling asleep the night before, so I didn’t awaken until nine in the morning. As I walked into the...

Resolve Yourself To Mindfulness

It would be interesting to know what percentage of New Year’s Resolutions actually change long term behavior. Here’s one that I know doesn’t work:...

Socialism on the Rise in the USA

The following statement is attributed by some to Norman Thomas in a 1944 speech: “The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under...

Potpourri 2014

For the last entry of this year, here is a collection of items. Some are monumental, some are trivial. Make up your own list,...