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BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

Picture this: You manage to get everyone fed and the dinner aftermath cleaned up. Then starts the bedtime rodeo that includes 4 meltdowns, 3 sips of water, 2 more...

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...

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...

More Notes from the ER

by Lucky Garvin I’m the sort of person who makes all kinds of notes so I don’t forget stuff; then I forget where I...

Something That Has Been Around So Long We’ve Forgotten All About It

byMike Keeler First of all, we don't even know how this Thing got its name. Some folks think it's just the Greek word for...

From The Older Brother’s Room by Ed Dunnington

What is a hypocrite?  Jesus uses the term seventeen times in the gospels when speaking to very religiously-minded people.  As many of you...

Medellin, City of Eternal Spring

by John Robinson You can't beat street food, and this place is no exception. I love the  almojabanos, which are rolls with warm, gooey...

Making it Right

by Keith McCurdy To this day I still remember what my mother would make me do when I got into a fight with my...

My Advice: Avoid The Stroke

by Joe Kennedy Having a stroke can change your life. You can trust me on this. My stroke in February 2009 left me with a...