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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...

“Limits of Liberty” – Dr. George C. Anderson

No one has full self-acceptance, but I think all of us have moments when we experience it.  These moments are hints of where we...

“Which Comes First; Peace or War?”

This week marks the 69th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. The sixth day of June 1944 should live in the annals of history for...

Live Simply So That Others May Simply Live

  This Gandhi quote is going to appear on t-shirts I bought to commemorate our upcoming trip to Haiti. My son and two daughters are...

Swing Low Once Semi-Sweet Voice of Mine

There was an early time in my life when I could render a tune passably.  My voice wasn’t bad. I guess it came of...

Bumps, Pockmarks, Scars, and Slicks on a Forlorn Planet

This article was inspired by colleague David Guggenheim, president of Ocean Doctor, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC and dedicated to protecting and...

Natural Disasters

As Mark Twain said, “Everyone complains about the weather, but no one does anything about it.”  Too bad that we can’t because we have...