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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...

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,...

Christmas: Sacred or Sanctimonious?

Although Christmas was just celebrated throughout most of the Christian world on December 25, it hasn’t always been that way. While the Christmas Holiday...

An Invasion of Holiness

I heard this expression recently and for the life of me can't remember where.  As per usual, however, I wrote it down hoping I...

The Scam Scramble

Just when we were all planning to celebrate the holidays by going to see The Interview those humorless North Koreans have spoiled our Christmas...