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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Semi-Singular Praise Of Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA)

There are many aspects of California, which I strongly dislike: exorbitant state and local taxes, perennial devastating wildfires, the Democratic monopolist majority in Sacramento, drought, a proposed gasoline-powered car...

FRED FIRST: Nature Notes: Early May

Finally I am getting out a bit onto the trails before spring is fully gone...

BOB BROWN: “Teach Us to Number Our Days”

I was healthy and fit, a proponent of physical exercise, weighed myself daily with pleasing...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Sanction Russia’s Shadow Fleet NOW

During the 2024 presidential campaign and going back to March 2023, President Trump repeatedly and...

DAWN CUSTALOW: A Mother’s Day to Remember

Mother’s Day - remembering and celebrating our mothers, not because they are or were perfect,...

Government Makes Good on A Very Old Promise

by Mike Keeler It involves a small tract of land, set amid rolling foothills, adjacent to a world-famous tourist destination. For many years...

Terrible Twos or Feisty Fourteens?

by Keith McCurdy “Just what is the big deal with the terrible twos?” a mom recently asked.  She had been talking with other mothers...

Who Is Going To Lead?

by Hayden Hollingsworth From the day humans came to the realization survival depended on communal living, "who is going to lead," must have been...

Preacher’s Corner by Donna Hopkins Britt

We can be very attached to places, like a home, or town, or house of worship … these places have significance beyond the...

The Happy Chef – Nestled Egg Muffins

by Leigh Sackett I love Easter and as my children get older it is refreshing that their Easter experience is more about the activities that...

This Land Goes on Forever: A Letter Home From the Family Farm

by Fred First If the children of Southwest Virginia don’t grow up with strong ties to place, they will be less likely to strive...