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SCOTT DREYER: Christmas Through the Eyes of a Child

As adults, it is important to think of what messages we are giving the children in our lives about the meaning and celebration of Christmas. Ponder this: “Christmas Through the Eyes...

FRED FIRST: Birds of a Feather

We were invited to join some geologist-birder friends for an outing last week that would...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Mr. President, Just Shut The H*ll Up

Nick Reiner, 32, the cocaine addicted and schizophrenic son of famed Hollywood sitcom actor, prolific...

BOB BROWN: “A Multitude of the Heavenly Host”

For many years, the Hon. B. Waugh Crigler, a former federal magistrate, taught the Men’s...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Annex Ukraine Now

Steve Witkoff, acting as personal envoy for President Trump, first met with Russian President Vladimir Putin...

MORGAN GRIFFITH: Christmas Traditions

I respect people of all faiths, but as a Christian, I celebrate Christmas and the birth of Jesus Christ. Every Christmas season, there are traditions...

MIKE KEELER: The Shot Not Heard Around The World

As the Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party approached, tensions were running high throughout New England. The port of Boston had been closed by...

FRED FIRST: A Brighter Shade of Everything

Many of my age-peer friends beat me to the punch and had one or both eyes treated for cataracts--a leading cause of blindness worldwide,...

SCOT BELLAVIA: They Told Me I Was Gifted . . .

From third to fifth grade, I was in the PLATO program at Fishburn Park Elementary. PLATO is a backronym (Pupils Learning Appropriately TOgether) meaning...

RANDY HUFF: A Gift We Barely Know How to Receive

I assume most have treasured memories of childhood, of special days and seasons, of people – relatives, teachers, friends – whose lives and words...

MELINDA MYERS: Winter Celebrations and Coldest Temperatures

The winter solstice marks the Northern Hemisphere’s first day of winter and the day with the fewest hours of sunlight. It usually occurs around...