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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 do I watch maybe two or three. I prefer to watch innings because frankly...

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...

SCOT BELLAVIA: Am I Proud to Be an American?

How proud are you to be an American? I posted that question on Facebook a few...

BOB BROWN: “Portraits of the Human Person”

On the night of June 21, 2025, President Donald Trump said all seven B2 Bombers...

The River Always Wins

Although very little of the vanity which plagued my youth remains, yet, there is a residue; and it is this trace amount of...

Coming to Maturity In the Modern World

It is so difficult today to evaluate what we consider a mature child.  Yet it has only been in the last 75 years...

How To Get Rid of The Winter Blues

In 1872 Christina Rossetti wrote some words that have seemed particularly apropos for much of the country in 2013:  “In the bleak midwinter...

USA Headed for Greek-like Precipice

Above a photo of President Obama on the February 18 issue of Barron’s Business and Financial weekly the headline exclaims ‘FOLLOW ME’ and...

The Crown of Contentment

My crown is in my heart, not on my head, Nor decked with diamonds and Indian stones, Nor to be seen: My crown is called content: A crown...

“Middle Class”

Both Democrats and Republicans seem to be trying to capture the hearts and minds of people in the ‘middle class’. Who are these...