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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...

A “Pick-Up” At Lipe’s Pharmacy In 1953

by Mary Jo Shannon Every Wednesday at 7:00 a.m., approximately twelve persons gather in the chapel at Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church to read and...

One Mo’ Cup O’ Joe . . .

by Joe Kennedy I achieved a major milestone a week or two ago. It happened on a Saturday, a day rife with rain, a day meant...

On Stage With Livingston Taylor

by John Robinson “Hey, we lucked out! Seats in the center of the front row”  My friend Hendon deals out the tickets to our...

A Checklist of Little Monsters: Don’t Read This If You’re an Arachnophobe!

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. For us scientists, checklists of flora and fauna are all-important tools that indicate our proficiency in the natural world. ...

Is Honesty Your Policy?

by Stephanie Koehler I have been thinking a lot about truth and honesty lately.  It seems to be a topic that permeates the public landscape...

Looking for Tolerant and Thoughtful Dialogue on Abortion by Quigg Lawrence

There is nothing worse than a dogmatic zealot who cannot have a discussion with someone who holds an opposite view without resulting to...