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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...

Je Suis Charlie!

On Wednesday, 7 January 2015, people around the world were horror-struck to learn that masked gunmen had stormed the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo,...

Student Loans Run Amuck-Design or Default?

While the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has dominated the headlines, the Student Loan program entitled the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility...

A Blessed Contagion

Just the other day, I attended a funeral at an African American church.  Like most attendees of funerals, I was going to show respect...

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...