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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...

“Emotions are Not to be Trusted!”

“Pursue your passion,” “Do what feels right,” “Go with what makes you happy,” and many other similar statements seem to permeate our current culture. ...

The Modern Day Zealot

This word derives from the Greek  zelotes which means ‘emulator’ or ‘follower’.  As a formal term, we first encounter zealots in the Bible (Simon...

A Childhood Discovery – The Dam

Had you stood with your back to our old, two-storied clapboard house in Stephentown, NY, you would have heard before you saw the tumultuous,...

The Rain Man

I peer over Sam's shoulder as he reaches through the green plastic hatch into a small space cluttered with valves and wires, hose clamps...

Stressed Out? Join the Crowd

Every now and then something catches the ear on National Public Radio that causes you to sit down and take notice. On Monday there...

The Tale of The Fate of The Signers

One of the readers of this weekly column forwarded the following message. The information  has not been checked or verified but is from a...