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BOB BROWN: “Portraits of the Human Person”

On the night of June 21, 2025, President Donald Trump said all seven B2 Bombers had safely returned from an unprecedented successful attack on Iran’s fortresses of nuclear weapon...

BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

Picture this: You manage to get everyone fed and the dinner aftermath cleaned up. Then...

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...

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...

The Good Society By Barkley Thompson

“Only someone who submits to the authority of the universal order and of creation, who values the right to be a part of...

On Teens and . . . Work?

by Lucky Garvin From some time ago: Young Sir Garvin had a religious experience the other day.  He found a ten dollar bill on...

Dry and Warm: No Easy Matter for Plucked Chickens

by Fred First Assured in advance by the region’s soggy-foggy reputation that I would face constant drizzling rain there, I bought the first modern...

Youth Learns The Hard Way

by Robert Adcox The other day I was feeling nostalgic and daydreaming about my youth. The misadventures I experienced were often harrowing while they...

Journey On . . . By Joe Lehman

Many of us find it helpful to think of our lives as journeys.   Journeys have a goal and a direction.   “Road”...