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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...

Does Government Accountability Operate in A Vacuum?

On Monday, April 15th, 2013, the 117th running of the Boston Marathon was the highlight of Patriot’s Day in Massachusetts, won by an...

A Day of Insanity

Well, 68 Senators had the good sense to at least talk about the gun problem; not that that guarantees results.  It may be...

A Wooden Spoon In The Cauldron of My Soul

The above title describes the effect the documentary, Girl Rising, had on me. I saw it for the first time last Friday night at...

Government 101: Why It Doesn’t Work

By its very nature, a bureaucracy discourages and suppresses creativity and innovation. Both political and commercial bureaucracies are predisposed to achieve a modicum...

Sensing The Holiness Of Birth And Death

Birth and death are two experiences common to all human beings – and yet no one can remember either. To be present as...

Well Intended Self Written Obituary Maybe Not The Best Idea – Joe Kennedy

My cousin, Joan Pugh, read my recent column about trying to write my own obituary. I had attempted to complete the task not because...