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BOB BROWN: When the Underdog Bites Has Rabies, and a Mean Owner

We have a strong human urge to identify with the “underdog.” There is nothing new about this tendency. The biblical story of David and Goliath, reported 3000 years ago,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Phase Two Of Trump‘s Peace Plan In The Gaza Strip Doomed To Fail? – Part II

Unfortunately, Trump’s present ceasefire as of October 9 is analogous to the armistice signed between...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Is Phase Two Of Trump‘s Peace Plan In The Gaza Strip Doomed To Fail? – Part I

Phase one of Trump‘s twenty-point peace plan in the Gaza Strip, which began on October...

FRED FIRST: Approaching the Longest Night

Yes, you’re right—if you’ve even noticed—that this space has been neglected for some weeks now,...

A Life Well-Lived: Shirley Padgett Lester (1947-2025)

Shirley Padgett Lester of Vinton went to her heavenly reward October 4. Below is the...

Of Silence and Solitude

Everyone has the experience, usually multiple times a day that if there is one more interruption, one more distraction, or another red light...

Taxation and Certainty

“In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes,” so said the sage of the 18th century, Benjamin Franklin.  It would be...

A “Jobs Report”… Report

The ‘jobs report’ is published each month by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor. The most recent...

Does the School Environment Really Matter?

I am asked regularly why my children attend a Christian School.  In large part due to my profession, I can easily begin listing...

The Phenomena of Caring

When Sabrina and I first began rehabbing as a team some twelve years ago, any reasonable person, asked the question: Will Lucky or...

Saying Goodbye To A Cherished Part of The Pack

Dogs are perfect little animals.  They love unconditionally, forgive easily, and never ask for money or the car keys.  Dogs are also future...