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ANDY PITZER: “Look Mom! No iPhone!”

A very interesting visually recorded interview showed up on my feed the other night. In 1966, several British adolescents were interviewed about their vision of the future (circa year...

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...

BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

Picture this: You manage to get everyone fed and the dinner aftermath cleaned up. Then...

France, Farmers and the Fiscal Cliff

Many Chalet owners in France are hurrying to sell their homes and estates before year-end while their owners are moving to Switzerland, Belgium...

Psychology is Not the Answer

 I was asked recently by a parent why we still have so many mental health issues with children and families when we have...

On the Road Down Under

It happens in the blink of an eye. The dusky-colored, full-grown kangaroo enters our narrow frame of view in the  predawn darkness. A huge...

Campaign Year Spurs an Enviromentalist’s Pro-Life Lament

I would say that those who are callous about babies and callous about life ought to be brought to bear the callousness of...

A Perspective on Tomorrows

by Stephanie Koehler Tomorrow is an interesting word.  We most frequently use it with the air of hope and possibility.  Tomorrow holds the idea...

Of Fires, Butterflies and Injured Dogs

THE FIRE An article in National Geographic several years ago: After a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park, forest rangers began their trek up...