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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Hurricane Erin Is Our Future – Part II

Unfortunately, the U.S. is not the only country experiencing climate change. It is a global phenomenon without denial, despite what President Trump or MAGA believes and propagates. In late July,...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Hurricane Erin Is Our Future – Part I

I read a prescient and depressing article in the Associated Press written by Danica Coto on August 16,...

BOB BROWN: Woeful War on Common Sense

As a child, I loved to listen when my mother told stories. They tended to...

LUCKY GARVIN: CAN YOU HEAR ME?

He was out mowing the lawn, her robust eighty-year-old husband. Then, it seemed to her,...

SCOT BELLAVIA: What Are Alexa’s Pronouns?

I’ve heard it said that we've welcomed robots into our homes without hesitation because they...

In Pursuit of Manners

by Keith McCurdy What is the biggest problem with kids today?  When I ask that question to a group of parents, I get many...

Tough Times

by Hayden Hollingsworth As Woody Allen famously said, “The bad thing about dying is that you don’t get to practice.”  True, but one can...

Treason Against The Planet

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. As a scientist, I am baffled by two “head in the sand” negative attitudes manifested these days by a...

Offended at the Wrong Things? By Tim Harvey

I hope that before you read this article, you’ll take a moment to read Jesus Parable of the Prodigal Son.  For the purposes of...

The Ticking We May or May Not Hear

by Lucky Garvin I always cringe a bit when I hear people use expressions like, “I can’t wait for Friday; TGIF” or, it’s ‘Hump Day’...

Every Drought Ends with a Good Rain

by Fred First This selection is from Slow Road Home, written in August 2002, a lament during one of the worst droughts in living...
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