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SCOTT DREYER: Conduct Your “Year In Review”

James Clear, in his award-winning book Atomic Habits, encourages his readers to conduct an annual “Year in Review.”  There is nothing magical about the date January 1; personal growth and...

FRED FIRST: Small Moments. Long Life

Images: In our eyes. On our minds. From our memories. Conjured in our dreams. Right...

BOB BROWN: Decoding the New “Structure of Feeling”

This is the time to marshal up hope for the New Year. Hope is wanting...

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...

A More Perfect Constitution

That’s the title of a recent book by Larry Sabato, the premier political pundit from Mr. Jefferson’s Academical Village. It came to mind last...

Integration of Immigrants or Clash of Cultures?”

History records that Joseph Goebbels, German Propaganda Minister, made the following statement in Berlin on May 10, 1933: “German men and women! The age...

In Your Eyes

For sister-friends, brothers, cousins, daughters, sons, fathers, mothers, and people everywhere who’ve given up on love. One day somebody’s going to walk in your life...

Fear of Freedom

When President Roosevelt delivered his State of the Union address 74 years ago this past month it contained a message that has remained constant...

The Implications of Elections Abroad

On Sunday, January 25th, the voters of Greece elected Alexis Tsipras of the Syriza Party to the post of Prime Minister. The winning candidate,...

History’s  Wheel Comes Round

The Greek Isocrate’s long life spanned the second and third centuries, BC.  Although he founded a renowned school of rhetoric in Athens, he eventually...