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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 Sighting

I know there are those of you who have followed my writings about the life, times and death of my beloved Doberman, Rock....

Savants of Misery: The Dark Side of Mobile Telephones – H. Bruce Rinker

My slow-growing epiphany began in 1996. I stood in an elevator cage silently with four other men in a building in Tel Aviv....

Our Love/Hate Affair with Violence

I suspect virtually every aspect of the gun control issue has been voiced many times over but there are a couple of things...

Hurry Up and Wait

This expression I heard growing up was a bit bewildering to me. Nevertheless, I remembered it after recently hearing another expression, the acronym for...

Cyprus: An economic Enigma for the EU

The EU Delegation to the United States has this to say in describing their union of nations: “The European Union is a unique...

Unemployment Rate Raises Big Questions

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes each month’s report of employment/unemployment the first few days of each succeeding month. Following are comments...