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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, perennial devastating wildfires, the Democratic monopolist majority in Sacramento, drought, a proposed gasoline-powered car...

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...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Sanction Russia’s Shadow Fleet NOW

During the 2024 presidential campaign and going back to March 2023, President Trump repeatedly and...

DAWN CUSTALOW: A Mother’s Day to Remember

Mother’s Day - remembering and celebrating our mothers, not because they are or were perfect,...

A Not So Good Teenage Decision

by Robert Adcox Adolescence has always been filled with hard lessons such as how to deal with ennui. When bored, teens engage in a...

Recipe of the Week: No More Square Break Apart Cookies

by Leigh Sackett My daughter had a lemonade stand two weeks ago to raise money for the Angels of Assisi Animal Shelter. It will...

When the Music Stops

by Hayden Hollingsworth Working as a volunteer at WVTF for many years, long ago I put a face with the voice of Seth Williamson....

Greening the Supply Chain

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. Recently, a colleague from México City sent me a link to an insightful article published on-line by the Ethical...

Remembering My Mother-In-Law

by Mary Jo Shannon When Harry and I married, I became the daughter Helen and Harry Shannon, Sr. did not have. We had become...

The Board of Directors Thought He Was Nuts

by Mike Keeler And you have to admit, the idea behind Steve Jobs' television spot was rather, um, different.  It was a story about...