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BOB BROWN: Decoding the New “Structure of Feeling”

This is the time to marshal up hope for the New Year. Hope is wanting something to happen or be true, with a reasonable expectation that it will, but...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Heroism Of Ahmed Al-Ahmed At Bondi Beach In Sydney, Australia

Not all Muslims are bad people. In fact, most Muslims are good and decent people....

DAWN CUSTALOW: THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

For all who wait For all who hunger For all who’ve prayed For all who wonder Behold... Christmas is...

SCOTT DREYER: Christmas Through the Eyes of a Child

As adults, it is important to think of what messages we are giving the children...

FRED FIRST: Birds of a Feather

We were invited to join some geologist-birder friends for an outing last week that would...

Let Not Freddie Die in Vain

Like Detroit, Baltimore has shrunk in size since about 1960. In that year, Baltimore had a population of just less than one million and...

Teen Curfew Leads to Detachment

Summer is here and hundreds of new teenage drivers are hitting the streets with new found freedom…. “I am out of school, I can...

Forever Young? Forgiddaboutit!

As Benjamin Franklin so wisely said, “Only two things are certain:  death and taxes.”  Having just paid our taxes it’s time to turn our...

The Clintons – Perilous Partners

November 2016 brings the date that citizens will cast their votes for the inauguration of the position that is often considered the most important...

Blinded By The Light

I was reminded of this song recorded by “The Boss,” Bruce Springstein in the 1970's after what amounts to an unplanned hiatus in my...

Leadership By Indolence

On April 15th, millions of taxpayers sent their alms to Uncle Sam, the colloquial name for our beneficent federal government. If you didn’t pay...