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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...

Skateboarding in the Olden Days

by John Robinson Barry and I, both 12, had hiked the path of the old incline railway straight up Mill Mountain, skateboards hanging from...

Consequences Need to Matter!

by Keith McCurdy Quite often my conversations with parents focus on consequences.  This can be a tricky topic.  There are so many different strategies...

Recipe of the Week: Earth Bound Rosemary Ranch Chicken Kabobs

by Leigh Sackett I  have never tired of seafood . . . Until Wed. July 27th. I was at the beach and my daughter and...

My Charger: Not Just Another Dodge

by Robert Adcox The other day while going through old photographs, I came across a 1971 Dodge Charger I once owned. The car had...

Remind Me Again, in Whom Do We Trust? by Gary Robbins

Put your hand down into your pockets, your purse, or your wallet.  Take out a penny, a nickel, a dime.  And there, engraved...

Good News From The Healing World by Liza Field

by Liza Field There’s good news from far afield, these days — or even close at hand. Researchers are finding that a “new” purple...