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BOB BROWN: “Portraits of the Human Person”

On the night of June 21, 2025, President Donald Trump said all seven B2 Bombers had safely returned from an unprecedented successful attack on Iran’s fortresses of nuclear weapon...

BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

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

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Israel’s Second Sum Of All Fears

I first heard about a dirty bomb in early September 1993 when an IBM coworker,...

BOB BROWN: What Happened to Happiness?

We can quibble about the origin, even the definition or meaning of “happiness,” but I’m...

FRED FIRST: Homeward Bound

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

“Magdalenic Faith” by George C. Anderson

In my Easter sermon, I talked about Mary Magdalene and the faith that brought her to the grave even though she thought her...

You’re On, Kid

by Robert Adcox Of the wondrously huge number of phobias, the one which affects me most intensely is public speaking. My fear of being...

“Happy To Be of Use”

by Hayden Hollingsworth In the spring of 2011 I wrote a column entitled, “How to Raise Money for a Good Cause.”  It was about...

Three Stooges Hit the Big Screen

by Nick Thomas What do Johnny Depp, Sean Penn, Jim Carrey, and Cher have in common? If you answered “hairy legs,” you’re a knucklehead. Johnny’s...

How Would You Answer The Question, “What Makes A Person Happy And Healthy?”

by Mike Keeler Way back in 1942, researchers at Harvard began intensely studying a cohort of 268 male students, to try to deduce the factors...

The Key To Remembering – Focus!

by Mary Jo Shannon I suppose we all misplace our keys occasionally. Yes, I know the cure – establish a habit, by putting them in...