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BOB BROWN: What Happened to Happiness?

We can quibble about the origin, even the definition or meaning of “happiness,” but I’m not going there. I am simply wondering why we have lost the knack of...

FRED FIRST: Homeward Bound

It would happen: the trip back to Floyd. And then it wouldn’t. And then it...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) Needs To Be Censured

Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), who appears to be a self-important crackpot, tried hysterically (without officially...

LUCKY GARVIN: Tommy

I watched a little boy say, `Goodbye' the other day. The `little boy', Tommy, is...

BOB BROWN: A Rose

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) wrote many memorable lines including, “A rose by any other name would...

FRED FIRST: No Place Home

The good news is that COLUMBIA has been easy to navigate, and our son’s house near the trails has increased our miles per day...

RANDY HUFF: UGH! And Then Some . . .

I am done with outrage. I think. I indulged my share and more in youth, railing about this or that, taking up various nouveau causes...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Teaching American Patriotism Must Be Part of Educational Curriculum

     The misperception among some Americans, and indeed, the younger generation regarding nationalism can cause a delusion, and hence, become chaos. In fact,...

RANDY HUFF: Tinker Creek – What to Make of All This Life?

I've been writing this year about Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, the 1975 Pulitzer Prize Winner about life on a Creek in Roanoke. It's a tall...

BOB BROWN: “A Rose, By Any Other Name . . .”

Richard, a middle-aged unmarried scientist, devout, quiet if not shy, spoke on the phone to his girlfriend.  He called her every night. She said...

FRED FIRST: Mosey Goes Home And More . . .

Curating end-of-summer threads from the InterWebs Sorry to sucker you in, those few who read about and were concerned along with us, that Mosey the...