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BOB BROWN: Lost and Found

All of us encounter loss. The meaning we attribute to loss influences our response to it. Our losses accumulate. They range from minor to unimaginable. Last week, two sets of...

FRED FIRST: Where You’re From

In the very early years of writing, I was exposed to a poem called “Where...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: I No Longer Watch Baltimore Orioles’ Baseball Games

I no longer watch Baltimore Orioles’ baseball games. I now only watch innings, and if I...

ANDY PITZER: “Look Mom! No iPhone!”

A very interesting visually recorded interview showed up on my feed the other night. In...

FRED FIRST: There And Back Again

RECAP: I would be able to visit southwest Virginia again–home for almost 40 years, and...

The Old Theme Park Ain’t What It Used to Be – Joe Kennedy

A dog-bites-man award goes to The New York Times for its June 19 story headlined "Theme Parks Let in the V.I.P.s." It describes premium-priced programs...

A Demoralizing Link Between Education and a Sick Planet

A few years ago, during a discussion about the migratory flyways of warblers in North America, I pointed to a large map that showed...

Caste Cast Cats Class

I believe all fishermen are created equal.  That all anglers are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights. I believe fishermen should be...

Our Very Adventuresome Sarah

On  August 17th our granddaughter, Sarah Davis will be married in Helsinki, Finland. Only her parents, and her sister her husband will make the...

We Are Still A Nation of Laws

This column is not about the prosecution or the defense, nor about race, religion, ethnicity or politics. It is about coming together as a...

Some Things Just Shouldn’t Be Allowed – Dennis Garvin MD

Lucky Garvin's brother Dennis is a Urologist practicing in Salem who also possesses his brother's great gifts for writing, teaching and healing. This column...