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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...

True Confessions of A Wannabe Indian

What follows is a story I refrained from telling for years. The occasion for my reticence is that the tale is somewhat embarrassing to...

Atheism and Adolescent Rebellion

Until the age of 38, I was an atheist.  Then, the proper application of modern science persuaded me that my atheism was a nonintellectual...

Beware The Bias of News

Years ago, when advertising cigarettes on TV was allowed, Viceroy had an arresting series of commercials with the theme of doing something for which...

Haphazard Immigration Is Capricious Sovereignty

The immigration debate is about much more than people moving between countries. Immigration is about illegal entry into a foreign country. Immigration is about...

Pursue No Woman to Her Tears

This phrase came from a poem entitled "The Honor Men" by James Hay, Jr. who graduated from the University of Virginia in 1903. The...

The Melting Pot

When one hears that phrase now what comes to mind is the franchise restaurant where menu offerings are all some type of fondue. It...