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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...

Recipe of the Week: Habanaro Mango Grilled Shrimp

I have been told I make the best fried shrimp. But I also have been told I make the best fried chicken, fried...

A Letter To My Heavenly Father

by Lucky Garvin ABBA, I know it makes no sense to write to You who already knows what I think and feel  better than I...

Beauty and Grace in the Barrios

by John Robinson The girl and her little brother look through the bars of the gate, their big brown eyes full of wonder and curiosity....

“Kids of Today?”

by Keith McCurdy I had to laugh the other day when I read this title; “Parenting the Kids of Today.”  In five words it...

A True Friend Always Keeps You Thinking

by Joe Kennedy My friend Rita called me many months ago. "I've been thinking about things you said when we had lunch the other...

It’s Celestial, Revolutionary, And Simply Good

by Mike Keeler Camellia sinensis came down to humans from high above.  Originally found growing on the slopes of the Himalayas, it was brought...