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FRED FIRST: Peregrinations of a *BoZo

I have a few bits of biological blarney to pass along before I focus later today on packing for Ghost Ranch. I woke up earlier than my intention this...

ANDY PITZER: No Offseason

“It’s the time of the season.” This pertains to and will make the most sense for...

BOB BROWN: “I Remember World War II”

On December 7, 1941, my sister, Edith, eight years my senior, and I were in...

FRED FIRST: Go West At Last, Old Man

Decades of frugality have come abruptly to an end. I have made the choice to...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Bring Back The War Department

President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a prescient and heartfelt speech in Chautauqua, New York, on...

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...

Cooking Up A Good Time

Thanksgiving is extra- special when you make your own pumpkin pie – especially if you are a pre-school or kindergarten child and you’re...