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Scott Dreyer: Remembering VE Day

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men living and dead, and that I must...

FRED FIRST: Moms Live Forever

She would have celebrated her 100th birthday this September, the birthday month in our family. Had...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Semi-Singular Praise Of Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA)

There are many aspects of California, which I strongly dislike: exorbitant state and local taxes,...

FRED FIRST: Nature Notes: Early May

Finally I am getting out a bit onto the trails before spring is fully gone...

BOB BROWN: “Teach Us to Number Our Days”

I was healthy and fit, a proponent of physical exercise, weighed myself daily with pleasing...

The He, The She, and The We By Gary Robbins

In the 1980s, Robert A. Johnson wrote a trio of books with deceptively simple titles.  The three books were titled “He,” “She,” and...

A Father’s Diary: Understanding My Son

by Lucky Garvin Cailan didn't want to go to school.  I knew it the moment I roused him from sleep the other morning and...

Keeping Time Our Servant

by Mary Jo Shannon As we begin a new year, my fascination with the concept of time is reawakened. Many years ago I had...

Predicting the Future

by Hayden Hollingsworth How does one do that?  With unlimited hubris . . . that’s the answer.  Some years ago, I heard a well-known...

Let Us Now Praise Our National Bird

by Mike Keeler You're probably thinking it's the Bald Eagle. He's been on our stuff forever. In 1782, Congress approved a design for a Great...

Recipe of the Week: Pork Wraps with Tomatillo Salsa

by Leigh Sackett Time to start the New Year on the right foot with healthy eating! The first step is to know your weakness....