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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...

Student Loan Program in Need of Major Overhaul

by Dick Baynton Funding of the education loan landscape changed in March of 2010 when President Obama signed the bill that overhauled the ‘Student...

Recipe of the Week: Strawberry Spinach Salad

by Leigh Sackett It is strawberry season and my son Anthony is so excited. He loves strawberries.  I rarely serve up strawberries in creative...

Time to Bail?

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. Colleagues and friends Tony Oppersdorff and Kyrill Schabert published a delightful collaborative paperback in 2011 entitled “Best Nature Sites...

Taking Things for Granted

by Hayden Hollingsworth That’s a phrase that often has negative connotations but there are some things that we ought to be able to take...

“Do a Little Less”

by Keith McCurdy Let’s all do a little less for our children this week.  I mean it, let’s do a little less.  Oh, I...

A Very Good Use of Technology

by Mary Jo Shannon Checking my email one evening, I was surprised to see one from my daughter Kathy with the intriguing subject line...