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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...

Can You Imagine?

There is a long ago story of a young man who wished to learn the jade industry. He went to the shop of...

“In Sickness And In Health … Until Death Do Us Part”

I'll call them Ben and Maggie, although I'm sure they would not object to my using their real names, for Ben wanted this...

Old Technology Just Right

"Ka-clunk." It's a satisfying sound; there's no denying it. I'm squinting up close to a lock set made recently but of a three-hundred-year-old...

Best Answer: Update Mental Health System AND Enforce Present Gun Laws

Since December 14, 2012 there has been an outpouring of sympathy from people here in the U.S. and around the world for the...

Learning To Be Brilliant In The Basics – Joe Kennedy

Even after they die, great leaders continue to lead. Earl Weaver, the retired Hall of Fame manager of the Baltimore Orioles, died recently at...

Do One Thing Every Day That Scares You

So said Eleanor Roosevelt. I saw the above quote on a greeting card which I sent to a friend recently. The subject of fear came...