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BECKY MAUPIN: A New Season, New Expectations

Motherhood, I'm learning, is a series of seasons. None of them are truly easy; they're all hard in different ways. We make it through one challenging season only to...

BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part II

Jan called today. “Ed died Thursday… he is in a better place.” Ed, a retired...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The US Media’s Monomaniacal Obsession With Nancy Guthrie’s Kidnapping

I do not mean to downplay the tremendous tragedy of the kidnapping of Savannah Guthrie's...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Barack and Michelle Obama Are Neither Apes Nor Monkeys

I read an article from the BBC on February 6 entitled, "Trump says he 'didn't...

BOB BROWN: Aging Poetically, Part I

Too often, the human race is a race against time. Until recently, I was a...

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...

Ask the Nature Lady by Marlene A. Condon: The Common Dandelion

One of the earliest plants to bloom in spring is the Common Dandelion, sprouting up in fields and yards and alongside roadways.  It’s...