back to top

Columnists

BECKY MAUPIN: The After Bedtime Search

Picture this: You manage to get everyone fed and the dinner aftermath cleaned up. Then starts the bedtime rodeo that includes 4 meltdowns, 3 sips of water, 2 more...

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...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) Needs To Be Censured

Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), who appears to be a self-important crackpot, tried hysterically (without officially...

The Soft Knocking of Wind and Bird

by Lucky Garvin I went to church today for the first time in too long. The timing was ‘coincidental’ as I had been recently...

Support Your Local Teacher

by Keith McCurdy Ahh!  School has started.  The children are occupied for the day.  Bedtimes are in force again and all is right with...

Facing Conflict Opens Possibilities by Donna Hopkins Britt

Late last fall, when it was time to take the pumpkins off the front stoop, we composted them in our garden.  Over the...

History Always Has A Soundtrack

by Mike Keeler 9/11 will be forever bracketed by two songs by the poet laureate of New Jersey Bruce Springsteen was born in Long Branch,...

New World Trade Center Has Special Interest for One Group of Workers

by Mike Keeler In 1886, a steel bridge was built across St. Lawrence River in Quebec.  The site of the bridge happened to be...

Why I Quit My Bleepin Job

by Robert Adcox Great things happened in 2006. The Steelers won their fifth Super Bowl. My credit score improved a lot. I finally had...