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ANDY PITZER: No Offseason

“It’s the time of the season.” This pertains to and will make the most sense for those whose locale has four separate seasons, those who do not have them and...

BOB BROWN: “I Remember World War II”

On December 7, 1941, my sister, Edith, eight years my senior, and I were in...

FRED FIRST: Go West At Last, Old Man

Decades of frugality have come abruptly to an end. I have made the choice to...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Bring Back The War Department

President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a prescient and heartfelt speech in Chautauqua, New York, on...

FRED FIRST: Changing of the Guard

The theme for the Lenoir Words Writers Group this month is AUTUMN. And since I...

SCOTT DREYER: Reasons To Abolish Federal Department of Education

In the days following his historic victory, former President and President-elect Trump promised, among other reforms, to eliminate the federal Department of Education. Unlike entertainers...

MELINDA MYERS: Holiday Cacti Add Weeks of Color and Enjoyment

Add weeks of colorful flowers and decades of enjoyment to your indoor plant collection with holiday cacti. Dress one up with a decorative basket,...

SCOTT DREYER: Who Else Lost On November 5?

Obviously Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz lost on November 5. Walz even suffered the humiliation of losing his own county, Minnesota's...

BOB BROWN: The Time to Heal

Two of our 4 children were born in the DePaul Hospital in Norfolk.  A prominent sign on the hospital wall declared, “We dress the...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Joe Biden Is A Duplicitous Phony and An Inveterate Liar

Joe Biden needs a long stretch on the couch with either Dr. Phil or perhaps a Walter Reed Hospital psychiatrist. That is especially true...

RANDY HUFF: Satisfied Passions or Providential Peace?

Our passions, deeply felt (for that's what passions are) shove us into corners (for that's what passions do) of our own making. But passions seldom think (that's...